Abundant Viruses Discovered in All the Oceans of the Planet
Photographic assembly that simulates a “single virus” isolated.
Credit: University of Alicante
Up to date, there were hints, but it was not known which some of the most abundant viruses in the oceans of the planet were. This study sheds light on this issue and gives way to the study of other ecosystems. “With this technology, we open the door to deciphering the terrestrial viriosphere,” according to Òscar Fornas, one of the researchers involved and head of the Flow Cytometry Unit at Pompeu Fabra University and Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona.
Martínez García stated that the achievement is that “a single virus is separated from the virus set”. The process happens to break the capsid and then copies of the genome are made using molecular biology techniques. After that, “we can sequence DNA and with that, we access genetic information” to know ‘who is’.
Dr. Manuel Martínez García, on the right, leads the project together with Dr. Óscar Fornas, expert in flow cytometry
The article “Single-virus genomics reveals hidden cosmopolitan and abundant viruses” is the conclusion of the research study led by Manuel Martínez García, from the University of Alicante Molecular Microbial Ecology Group in collaboration with Dr. Josefa Antón Botella, coordinator of the group; the group of Evolutionary Genomics of the Miguel Hernández University, with Dr. Rodríguez Valera; The Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Barcelona, with Drs. Josep Maria Gasol and Silvia Acinas; the Pompeu Fabra University, with with Dr. Oscar Fornas; as well as two American research groups from Ohio University and Marino Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
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Citation: Martinez-Hernandez F, Fornas O, Lluesma M, Bolduc B, Cruz MJ, Martínez Martínez J, Antón J, Gasol J, Rosselli R, Rodríguez-Valera R, Sullivan MB, Acinas S and Manuel Martinez-Garcia. “Single-virus genomics reveals hidden cosmopolitan and abundant viruses”. Nature Communications. 2017
DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS15892.
Source: http://www.ineffableisland.com/2017/06/abundant-viruses-discovered-in-all.html
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