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SUBMITTER: Dann LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5221468 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dann Lisa M LM Rosales Stephanie S McKerral Jody J Paterson James S JS Smith Renee J RJ Jeffries Thomas C TC Oliver Rod L RL Mitchell James G JG
MicrobiologyOpen 20160809 6
Viral communities are important for ecosystem function as they are involved in critical biogeochemical cycles and controlling host abundance. This study investigates riverine viral communities around a small rural town that influences local water inputs. Myoviridae, Siphoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Mimiviridae, Herpesviridae, and Podoviridae were the most abundant families. Viral species upstream and downstream of the town were similar, with Synechoccocus phage, salinus, Prochlorococcus phage, Mim ...[more]