Novel Viral Communities Potentially Assisting in Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism in the Upper Slope Sediments of Mariana Trench

• DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01358-21
• Publication Date: 2022-01-04T13:10:29Z
• Authors: Jiulong Zhao; Hongmei Jing; Zengmeng Wang; Long Wang; Huahua Jian; Rui Zhang; Xiang Xiao; Feng Chen; Nianzhi Jiao; Yongyu Zhang
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Geologic Sediments; 0303 health sciences; Mariana Trench sediment; auxiliary metabolic gene; Bacteria; Nitrogen; viral community; Microbiology; metagenome; QR1-502; Carbon; 03 medical and health sciences; 14. Life underwater; Sulfur; Research Article

The Mariana Trench harbors a substantial number of infective viral particles. However, very little is known about the identity, survival strategy, and potential functions of viruses in the trench sediments.