Metaviromes of Extracellular Soil Viruses along a Namib Desert Aridity Gradient.

ABSTRACT: The Namib Desert in southwest Africa is hyperarid and composed of distinct microbial communities affected by a longitudinal aridity gradient. Here, we report four soil metaviromes from the Namib Desert, assessed using deep sequencing of metavirome libraries prepared from DNA extracted from gravel plain surface soils.

SUBMITTER: Zablocki O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5256219 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature