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… methods for the first time to comprehensively characterize viral-host interactions. The team discovered that the mat’s … an estimated 40 to 80 percent of all the microbial cells on Earth. As microbial predators, viruses are able to determine … to sequence both a cell’s genome and detect accompanying viral sequences, which would suggest the virus had been …

… played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate for … in nearly all types of anaerobic environments suggest the diversity of methane metabolisms is “vastly underestimated.” … in turn can help to understand its impact on climate along earth history.” Marker genes for diverse methane metabolisms …

… viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  recently described in  … IMG Virus Resource (IMG/VR) , now with more than 15 million viral genomes. It was also key to developing the first … to become an essential tool for researching global viral diversity. geNomad has already been downloaded thousands of …

… it took 15 to 18 years before we were able to convince the diversity of marine ecologists that they needed to consider …

… is a computational biologist who spends his days wrangling viral genomes and occasionally remembering to document his code. At JGI, he develops tools for viral discovery and analysis, with a particular fondness for …

… the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also … IMG/VR to browse and search through the more than 2 million viral sequences available in IMG/VR v3. …

… to be here and be able to discuss this incredible, natural diversity that we have at our fingertips. So I’m very …

… detected in the samples. Simon Roux co-organized the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) Symposium series. … of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity toward innovative biotechnological and industrial …

Schulz, C Abergel, T Woyke (2022) Giant virus biology and diversity in the era of genome-resolved metagenomics. Nature … 20 (5), 255-255 Schulz et al. (2020) Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. … a giant virus. mSystems. 5 (3) Schulz et al. (2018) Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses. Nature Communications. 9 …