Diversity and Distribution Characteristics of Viruses in Soils of a Marine-Terrestrial Ecotone in East China

• Published in: Microbial ecology Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 375 - 386
• Main Authors: Yu, Dan-Ting, Han, Li-Li, Zhang, Li-Mei, He, Ji-Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science + Business Media 01.02.2018; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: amino acid sequences; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; China; Circoviridae; Composition; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA viruses; DNA Viruses - classification; DNA Viruses - genetics; DNA Viruses - isolation & purification; Ecological function; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecotones; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; Gene sequencing; genes; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Habitat selection; Life Sciences; Microbial Ecology; Microbiology; Microviridae; Nature Conservation; Nucleotide sequence; paddy soils; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Proteins; Replicase; Salinity; Salinity effects; Salinity gradients; Sediment; Sediment samplers; Sediment samples; Sediments; Single-stranded DNA; Soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Soils; Stranding; virion; Viruses; Water Quality/Water Pollution; China; Replicase protein; Viruses; Marine-terrestrial ecotone; Capsid protein; Virome

A substantial gap remains in our understanding of the abundance, diversity, and ecology of viruses in soil although some advances have been achieved in recent years. In this study, four soil samples according to the salinity gradient from shore to inland in East China have been characterized. Result...