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What Do We Know About Viruses in Terrestrial Antarctica?

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Very little is known about viruses in soils and, given the small number of studies on Antarctic soils, it is unsurprising that definitive information about viruses in Antarctic soils is sparse. The occurrence of unusual virological observations (novel virus, dual virus sequences, virophage, and large phage to host ratios in Antarctic soils) suggests that substantial unexplored detail exists for viruses in Antarctic soils.

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DWH is grateful to Antarctica New Zealand, the UK Natural Environment Research Council, and the British Antarctic Survey for financial and logistic support underpinning the Antarctic research. The James Hutton Institute is supported in part by the Scottish Government.

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Hopkins, D.W., Swanson, M.M., Taliansky, M.E. (2014). What Do We Know About Viruses in Terrestrial Antarctica?. In: Cowan, D. (eds) Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45213-0_5

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