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- Ana Georgina Cobián Güemes
- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182;
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- Merry Youle
- Rainbow Rock, Captain Cook, Hawaii 96704
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- Vito Adrian Cantú
- Computational Sciences Research Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- Ben Felts
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- James Nulton
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- Forest Rohwer
- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182;
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<jats:p> Viruses are the most abundant and the most diverse life form. In this meta-analysis we estimate that there are 4.80×10<jats:sup>31</jats:sup> phages on Earth. Further, 97% of viruses are in soil and sediment—two underinvestigated biomes that combined account for only ∼2.5% of publicly available viral metagenomes. The majority of the most abundant viral sequences from all biomes are novel. Our analysis drawing on all publicly available viral metagenomes observed a mere 257,698 viral genotypes on Earth—an unrealistically low number—which attests to the current paucity of viral metagenomic data. Further advances in viral ecology and diversity call for a shift of attention to previously ignored major biomes and careful application of verified methods for viral metagenomic analysis. </jats:p>
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- Annual Review of Virology
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Annual Review of Virology 3 (1), 197-214, 2016-09-29
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