Using Signature Genes as Tools To Assess Environmental Viral Ecology and Diversity

Metavir 2: new tools for viral metagenome comparison and assembled virome analysis

(2014) Simon Roux et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Seasonal variations in PCR-DGGE fingerprinted viruses infecting phytoplankton in large and deep peri-alpine lakes

(2014) X. Zhong et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Diversity of environmental single-stranded DNA phages revealed by PCR amplification of the partial major capsid protein

(2014) Max Hopkins et al.   ISME Journal

Strong Seasonality and Interannual Recurrence in Marine Myovirus Communities

(2013) A. Pagarete et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity and temporal dynamics of Southern California coastal marine cyanophage isolates

(2013) JL Clasen et al.   AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Diversity of the major capsid genes (g23) of T4-like bacteriophages in the eutrophic Lake Kotokel in East Siberia, Russia

(2013) Tatyana V. Butina et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Contrasting diversity of phycodnavirus signature genes in two large and deep western European lakes

(2013) Xu Zhong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity and evolutionary relationships of T7-like podoviruses infecting marine cyanobacteria

(2013) Naama P. Dekel-Bird et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

High diversity and potential origins of T4-type bacteriophages on the surface of Arctic glaciers

(2013) Christopher M. Bellas et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Top-down controls on bacterial community structure: microbial network analysis of bacteria, T4-like viruses and protists

(2013) Cheryl-Emiliane T Chow et al.   ISME Journal

Short-term observations of marine bacterial and viral communities: patterns, connections and resilience

(2013) David M Needham et al.   ISME Journal

Exploring nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses in Tara Oceans microbial metagenomes

(2013) Pascal Hingamp et al.   ISME Journal

Characterization of the Major Capsid Genes (g23) of T4-Type Bacteriophages in the Wetlands of Northeast China

(2013) Chunyu Zheng et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Variations in Abundance, Genome Size, Morphology, and Functional Role of the Virioplankton in Lakes Annecy and Bourget over a 1-Year Period

(2013) Xu Zhong et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

The Pacific Ocean Virome (POV): A Marine Viral Metagenomic Dataset and Associated Protein Clusters for Quantitative Viral Ecology

(2013) Bonnie L. Hurwitz et al.   PLoS One

Identification of the major capsid gene (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages that assimilate substrates from root cap cells under aerobic and anaerobic soil conditions using a DNA–SIP approach

(2013) Yong Li et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Evaluation of Two Approaches for Assessing the Genetic Similarity of Virioplankton Populations as Defined by Genome Size

(2012) Sanchita Jamindar et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

PhiSiGns: an online tool to identify signature genes in phages and design PCR primers for examining phage diversity

(2012) Bhakti Dwivedi et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Seasonality and monthly dynamics of marine myovirus communities

(2012) Cheryl-Emiliane T. Chow et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Marine cyanophages exhibit local and regional biogeography

(2012) Marcia F. Marston et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Viruses in the desert: a metagenomic survey of viral communities in four perennial ponds of the Mauritanian Sahara

(2012) Laura Fancello et al.   ISME Journal

Assessing the Diversity and Specificity of Two Freshwater Viral Communities through Metagenomics

(2012) Simon Roux et al.   PLoS One

Evolution and Diversity of the Microviridae Viral Family through a Collection of 81 New Complete Genomes Assembled from Virome Reads

(2012) Simon Roux et al.   PLoS One

Metagenomic Exploration of Viruses throughout the Indian Ocean

(2012) Shannon J. Williamson et al.   PLoS One

Phylogenetic diversity and assemblage of major capsid genes (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages in paddy field soils during rice growth season in Northeast China

(2012) Junjie Liu et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

Marine Viruses: Truth or Dare

(2011) Mya Breitbart   Annual Review of Marine Science

Molecular Enumeration of an Ecologically Important Cyanophage in a Laurentian Great Lake

(2011) Audrey R. Matteson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Development ofphoHas a Novel Signature Gene for Assessing Marine Phage Diversity

(2011) Dawn B. Goldsmith et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Metavir: a web server dedicated to virome analysis

(2011) Simon Roux et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Molecular analysis of the major capsid genes (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages in an upland black soil in Northeast China

(2011) Guanghua Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Application of the major capsid protein as a marker of the phylogenetic diversity of Emiliania huxleyi viruses

(2011) Janet M. Rowe et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Spatial and temporal changes of cyanophage communities in paddy field soils as revealed by the capsid assembly protein gene g20

(2011) Guanghua Wang et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

The diversity of cyanomyovirus populations along a North–South Atlantic Ocean transect

(2011) Eleanor Jameson et al.   ISME Journal

Phylodynamics and movement of Phycodnaviruses among aquatic environments

(2011) Manuela V Gimenes et al.   ISME Journal

Specific assemblages of major capsid genes (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages isolated from upland black soils in Northeast China

(2011) Junjie Liu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Genomic analysis of oceanic cyanobacterial myoviruses compared with T4-like myoviruses from diverse hosts and environments

(2010) Matthew B. Sullivan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenetic diversity of T4-like bacteriophages in Lake Baikal, East Siberia

(2010) Tatyana Vladimirovna Butina et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Origin and Evolution of Eukaryotic Large Nucleo-Cytoplasmic DNA Viruses

(2010) Eugene V. Koonin et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

Ubiquitous cyanobacterial podoviruses in the global oceans unveiled through viral DNA polymerase gene sequences

(2010) Sijun Huang et al.   ISME Journal

Low diversity of T4-type bacteriophages in applied rice straw, plant residues and rice roots in Japanese rice soils: Estimation from major capsid gene (g23) composition

(2010) Shun FUJIHARA et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

Phylogenetic Analysis Indicates Evolutionary Diversity and Environmental Segregation of Marine Podovirus DNA Polymerase Gene Sequences

(2009) J. M. Labonte et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Changes in major capsid genes (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages with soil depth in two Japanese rice fields

(2009) Guanghua Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Unique viral capsid assembly protein gene (g20) of cyanophages in the floodwater of a Japanese paddy field

(2009) Guanghua Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Current insights into phage biodiversity and biogeography

(2009) Rebecca Vega Thurber   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Recombination and microdiversity in coastal marine cyanophages

(2009) Marcia F. Marston et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diverse and dynamic populations of cyanobacterial podoviruses in the Chesapeake Bay unveiled through DNA polymerase gene sequences

(2009) Feng Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The genome and structural proteome of an ocean siphovirus: a new window into the cyanobacterial ‘mobilome’

(2009) Matthew B. Sullivan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Novel cyanophage photosynthetic gene psbA in the floodwater of  a Japanese rice field

(2009) Guanghua Wang et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

High Diversity of the Viral Community from an Antarctic Lake

(2009) A. Lopez-Bueno et al.   SCIENCE

T4-type bacteriophage communities estimated from the major capsid genes (g23) in manganese nodules in Japanese paddy fields

(2009) Vita Ratri Cahyani et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

Change in T4-type bacteriophage communities during the composting process of rice straw: Estimation from the major capsid gene (g23) sequences

(2009) Vita Ratri Cahyani et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

Morphology, host range and phylogenetic diversity ofSphingomonasphages in the floodwater of a Japanese paddy field

(2009) Natsuko Nakayama et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

Eukaryotic large nucleo-cytoplasmic DNA viruses: Clusters of orthologous genes and reconstruction of viral genome evolution

(2009) Natalya Yutin et al.   Virology Journal

Ecological Dynamics of the Toxic Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa and Its Cyanophages in Freshwater

(2008) M. Yoshida et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenetic Analysis of Members of the Phycodnaviridae Virus Family, Using Amplified Fragments of the Major Capsid Protein Gene

(2008) J. B. Larsen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Freshwater Phycodnaviridae and Their Potential Phytoplankton Hosts, Using DNA pol Sequence Fragments and a Genetic-Distance Analysis

(2008) J. L. Clasen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenetic Diversity of Sequences of Cyanophage Photosynthetic Gene psbA in Marine and Freshwaters

(2008) C. Chenard et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity of algal viruses in various North American freshwater environments

(2008) SM Short et al.   AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Detection of inteins among diverse DNA polymerase genes of uncultivated members of the Phycodnaviridae

(2008) Alexander I Culley et al.   ISME Journal

The Capsid of the T4 Phage Superfamily: The Evolution, Diversity, and Structure of Some of the Most Prevalent Proteins in the Biosphere

(2008) A. M. Comeau et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Biodiversity and biogeography of phages in modern stromatolites and thrombolites

(2008) Christelle Desnues et al.   NATURE

The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Metagenomic Characterization of Viruses within Aquatic Microbial Samples

(2008) Shannon J. Williamson et al.   PLoS One

Unifying classical and molecular taxonomic classification: analysis of the Podoviridae using BLASTP-based tools

(2008) Rob Lavigne et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Novel capsid genes (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages in a Japanese paddy field

(2008) Takeshi Fujii et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Survey of major capsid genes (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages in Japanese paddy field soils

(2008) Guanghua Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Comparison of g23 gene sequence diversity between Novosphingobium and Sphingomonas phages and phage communities in the floodwater of a Japanese paddy field

(2008) Natsuko Nakayama et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Survey of major capsid genes (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages in rice fields in Northeast China

(2008) Guanghua Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Taxonomic distribution of large DNA viruses in the sea

(2008) Adam Monier et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Prevalence of highly host-specific cyanophages in the estuarine environment

(2007) Kui Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY