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SUBMITTER: Fahsbender E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5518176 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fahsbender Elizabeth E Burns Jennifer M JM Kim Stacy S Kraberger Simona S Frankfurter Greg G Eilers Alice A AA Shero Michelle R MR Beltran Roxanne R Kirkham Amy A McCorkell Robert R Berngartt Rachel K RK Male Maketalena F MF Ballard Grant G Ainley David G DG Breitbart Mya M Varsani Arvind A
Virus evolution 20170101 1
The viruses circulating among Antarctic wildlife remain largely unknown. In an effort to identify viruses associated with Weddell seals (<i>Leptonychotes weddellii</i>) inhabiting the Ross Sea, vaginal and nasal swabs, and faecal samples were collected between November 2014 and February 2015. In addition, a Weddell seal kidney and South Polar skua (<i>Stercorarius maccormicki</i>) faeces were opportunistically sampled. Using high throughput sequencing, we identified and recovered 152 anellovirus ...[more]