Sustained RNA virome diversity in Antarctic penguins and their ticks

• Published in: The ISME Journal Vol. 14; no. 7; pp. 1768 - 1782
• Main Authors: Wille, Michelle, Harvey, Erin, Shi, Mang, Gonzalez-Acuña, Daniel, Holmes, Edward C., Hurt, Aeron C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2020; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: 38/90; 38/91; 45/90; 45/91; 631/158/2452; 631/158/853; 631/158/855; 631/181/757; 631/337/2019; Animals; Antarctic Regions; Aquatic birds; Australia; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Gene sequencing; Humans; Life Sciences; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Microbiomes; Microorganisms; Pathogens; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; Species; Species diversity; Spheniscidae - genetics; Ticks; Virome; Viruses; Waterfowl; Antarctic Regions; Australia

Despite its isolation and extreme climate, Antarctica is home to diverse fauna and associated microorganisms. It has been proposed that the most iconic Antarctic animal, the penguin, experiences low pathogen pressure, accounting for their disease susceptibility in foreign environments. There is, how...