The GAAS metagenomic tool and its estimations of viral and microbial average genome size in four major biomesFlorent E Angly
Biology Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America
PLoS Comput Biol 5:e1000593. 2009
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Biodiversity and biogeography of phages in modern stromatolites and thrombolitesChristelle Desnues
Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA
Nature 452:340-3. 2008
..Taken together, these results prove that viruses in modern microbialites display biogeographical variability and suggest that they may be derived from an ancient community...
Metagenomic analysis of respiratory tract DNA viral communities in cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis individualsDana Willner
Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
PLoS ONE 4:e7370. 2009
..These results have important clinical implications for CF, indicating that therapeutic measures may be more effective if used to change the respiratory environment, as opposed to shifting the taxonomic composition of resident microbiota...
Metagenomic detection of phage-encoded platelet-binding factors in the human oral cavityDana Willner
Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:4547-53. 2011
..Our results indicate that the oral cavity is a reservoir for pblA and pblB genes and for phage SM1 itself. Further studies will determine the association between pblA and pblB genes in the oral cavity and the risk of endocarditis...
Metagenomic analysis indicates that stressors induce production of herpes-like viruses in the coral Porites compressaRebecca L Vega Thurber
Department of Biology, Computational Sciences Research Center, and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:18413-8. 2008
..These data support the hypotheses that corals experience viral infections, which are exacerbated by stress, and that herpes-like viruses are common in Cnidarians...
The marine viromes of four oceanic regionsFlorent E Angly
Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
PLoS Biol 4:e368. 2006
..These results support the idea that viruses are widely dispersed and that local environmental conditions enrich for certain viral types through selective pressure...