Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University.
Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University.
Microbes Environ. 2019 Sep 25;34(3):334-339. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME19037. Epub 2019 Aug 3.
Giant viruses of 'Megaviridae' have the ability to widely disperse around the globe. We herein examined 'Megaviridae' communities in four distinct aquatic environments (coastal and offshore seawater, brackish water, and hot spring freshwater), which are distantly located from each other (between 74 and 1,765 km), using a meta-barcoding method. We identified between 593 and 3,627 OTUs in each sample. Some OTUs were detected in all five samples tested as well as in many of the Tara Oceans metagenomes, suggesting the existence of viruses of this family in a wide range of habitats and the ability to circulate on the planet.
巨型病毒科的巨型病毒具有在全球范围内广泛传播的能力。我们使用宏条形码方法，在彼此相距甚远（74 至 1765 公里之间）的四个不同水生环境（沿海和近海海水、咸水和温泉淡水）中检查了巨型病毒科的群落。我们在每个样本中鉴定出 593 至 3627 个 OTU。一些 OTU 存在于所有五个测试样本中，也存在于许多 Tara Oceans 宏基因组中，这表明该家族的病毒存在于广泛的栖息地中，并且能够在地球上循环。
