Lytic archaeal viruses infect abundant primary producers in Earth’s crust

oleh: Janina Rahlff, Victoria Turzynski, Sarah P. Esser, Indra Monsees, Till L. V. Bornemann, Perla Abigail Figueroa-Gonzalez, Frederik Schulz, Tanja Woyke, Andreas Klingl, Cristina Moraru, Alexander J. Probst

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01

Deskripsi

Little is known about viral-host interactions in the continental subsurface. Here, the authors use a combination of metagenomics, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and electron microscopy to show infections of abundant C-fixing subsurface archaea by lytic viruses.