Unique community structure of viruses in a glacier soil of the Tianshan Mountains, China

• Published in: Journal of soils and sediments Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 852 - 860
• Main Authors: Han, Li-Li, Yu, Dan-Ting, Zhang, Li-Mei, Wang, Jun-Tao, He, Ji-Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: amino acid sequences; Amino acids; anthropogenic activities; bacteria; bacteriophages; Caudovirales; China; Community ecology; Community structure; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecological function; Environment; Environmental Physics; fluorescence microscopy; genes; Glacial soils; Glaciers; metagenomics; Mountains; Myoviridae; phylogeny; Podoviridae; proteins; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal RNA; Sec 5 • Soil and Landscape Ecology • Research Article; single-stranded DNA; Siphoviridae; soil; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; taxonomy; virion; Viruses; Tien Shan Mountains; China, People's Rep., Xinjiang, Tianshan Mts; China, People's Rep; China; Virus; Taxonomic diversity; Functional composition; Virome; Terminase

Purpose Glaciers of the Tianshan Mountains have been geographically isolated for a long time with little human interference. This study aimed to understand the viral community structures and their ecological functions in a unique glacier soil. Materials and methods The abundances of purified virus p...