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Popgeorgiev N, Temmam S, Raoult D, Desnues C. Describing the silent human virome with an emphasis on giant viruses. Intervirology 2013; 56:395-412. [PMID: 24157886 DOI: 10.1159/000354561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Viruses are the most abundant obligate intracellular entities in our body. Until recently, they were only considered to be pathogens that caused a broad array of pathologies, ranging from mild disease to deaths in the most severe cases. However, recent advances in unbiased mass sequencing techniques as well as increasing epidemiological evidence have indicated that the human body is home to diverse viral species under non-pathological conditions. Despite these studies, the description of the presumably healthy viral flora, i.e. the normal human virome, is still in its infancy regarding viral composition and dynamics. This review summarizes our current knowledge of the human virome under non-pathological conditions.
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- Nikolay Popgeorgiev
- URMITE UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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Kim MS, Whon TW, Bae JW. Comparative viral metagenomics of environmental samples from Korea. Genomics Inform 2013; 11:121-8. [PMID: 24124407 PMCID: PMC3794084 DOI: 10.5808/gi.2013.11.3.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The introduction of metagenomics into the field of virology has facilitated the exploration of viral communities in various natural habitats. Understanding the viral ecology of a variety of sample types throughout the biosphere is important per se, but it also has potential applications in clinical and diagnostic virology. However, the procedures used by viral metagenomics may produce technical errors, such as amplification bias, while public viral databases are very limited, which may hamper the determination of the viral diversity in samples. This review considers the current state of viral metagenomics, based on examples from Korean viral metagenomic studies-i.e., rice paddy soil, fermented foods, human gut, seawater, and the near-surface atmosphere. Viral metagenomics has become widespread due to various methodological developments, and much attention has been focused on studies that consider the intrinsic role of viruses that interact with their hosts.
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- Min-Soo Kim
- Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Science and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Korea
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Śliwa-Dominiak J, Suszyńska E, Pawlikowska M, Deptuła W. Chlamydia bacteriophages. Arch Microbiol 2013; 195:765-71. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-013-0912-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pérez-Brocal V, García-López R, Vázquez-Castellanos JF, Nos P, Beltrán B, Latorre A, Moya A. Study of the viral and microbial communities associated with Crohn's disease: a metagenomic approach. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2013; 4:e36. [PMID: 23760301 PMCID: PMC3696940 DOI: 10.1038/ctg.2013.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to analyze and compare the diversity and structure of the viral and microbial communities in fecal samples from a control group of healthy volunteers and from patients affected by Crohn's disease (CD). METHODS Healthy adult controls (n=8) and patients affected by ileocolic CD (n=11) were examined for the viral and microbial communities in their feces and, in one additional case, in the intestinal tissue. Using two different approaches, we compared the viral and microbial communities in several ways: by group (patients vs. controls), entity (viruses vs. bacteria), read assembly (unassembled vs. assembled reads), and methodology (our approach vs. an existing pipeline). Differences in the viral and microbial composition, and abundance between the two groups were analyzed to identify taxa that are under- or over-represented. RESULTS A lower diversity but more variability between the CD samples in both virome and microbiome was found, with a clear distinction between groups based on the microbiome. Only ≈5% of the differential viral biomarkers are more represented in the CD group (Synechococcus phage S CBS1 and Retroviridae family viruses), compared with 95% in the control group. Unrelated patterns of bacteria and bacteriophages were observed. CONCLUSIONS Our use of an extensive database is critical to retrieve more viral hits than in previous approaches. Unrelated patterns of bacteria and bacteriophages may be due to uneven representation of certain viruses in databases, among other factors. Further characterization of Retroviridae viruses in the CD group could be of interest, given their links with immunodeficiency and the immune responses. To conclude, some methodological considerations underlying the analysis of the viral community composition and abundance are discussed.
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- Vicente Pérez-Brocal
- Área de Genómica y Salud, Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública—Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (CSISP-FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Cavanilles Institute on Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of València, Valencia, Spain
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- Área de Genómica y Salud, Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública—Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (CSISP-FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Cavanilles Institute on Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of València, Valencia, Spain
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- Área de Genómica y Salud, Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública—Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (CSISP-FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Cavanilles Institute on Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of València, Valencia, Spain
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- Unidad de Gastroenterología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Unidad de Gastroenterología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Área de Genómica y Salud, Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública—Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (CSISP-FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Cavanilles Institute on Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of València, Valencia, Spain
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- Área de Genómica y Salud, Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública—Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (CSISP-FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Cavanilles Institute on Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of València, Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Cavanilles Institute on Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of València, c/ José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain or Genomics and Health Area, Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública—Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (CSISP-FISABIO), Avenida de Cataluña 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain. E-mail: or
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Colson P, Fancello L, Gimenez G, Armougom F, Desnues C, Fournous G, Yoosuf N, Million M, La Scola B, Raoult D. Evidence of the megavirome in humans. J Clin Virol 2013; 57:191-200. [PMID: 23664726 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Megavirales is a proposed new virus order composed of Mimivirus, Marseillevirus and closely related viruses, as well as members of the families Poxviridae, Iridoviridae, Ascoviridae, Phycodnaviridae and Asfarviridae. The Megavirales virome, which we refer to as the megavirome, has been largely neglected until now because of the use of technical procedures that have jeopardized the discovery of giant viruses, particularly the use of filters with pore sizes in the 0.2-0.45-μm range. Concurrently, there has been accumulating evidence supporting the role of Mimivirus, discovered while investigating a pneumonia outbreak using amoebal coculture, as a causative agent in pneumonia. OBJECTIVES In this paper, we describe the detection of sequences related to Mimivirus and Marseillevirus in the gut microbiota from a young Senegalese man. We also searched for sequences related to Megavirales in human metagenomes publicly available in sequence databases. RESULTS We serendipitously detected Mimivirus- and Marseillevirus-like sequences while using a new metagenomic approach targeting bacterial DNA that subsequently led to the isolation of a new member of the family Marseilleviridae, named Senegalvirus, from human stools. This discovery demonstrates the possibility of the presence of giant viruses of amoebae in humans. In addition, we detected sequences related to Megavirales members in several human metagenomes, which adds to previous findings by several groups. CONCLUSIONS Overall, we present convergent evidence of the presence of mimiviruses and marseilleviruses in humans. Our findings suggest that we should re-evaluate the human megavirome and investigate the prevalence, diversity and potential pathogenicity of giant viruses in humans.
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- Philippe Colson
- Aix-Marseille Univ, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095, Facultés de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Marseille, France
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Mick E, Stern A, Sorek R. Holding a grudge: persisting anti-phage CRISPR immunity in multiple human gut microbiomes. RNA Biol 2013; 10:900-6. [PMID: 23439321 PMCID: PMC3737347 DOI: 10.4161/rna.23929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas (CRISPR-associated) system of bacteria and archaea constitutes a mechanism of acquired adaptive immunity against phages, which is based on genome-encoded markers of previously infecting phage sequences ("spacers"). As a repository of phage sequences, these spacers make the system particularly suitable for elucidating phage-bacteria interactions in metagenomic studies. Recent metagenomic analyses of CRISPRs associated with the human microbiome intriguingly revealed conserved "memory spacers" shared by bacteria in multiple unrelated, geographically separated individuals. Here, we discuss possible avenues for explaining this phenomenon by integrating insights from CRISPR biology and phage-bacteria ecology, with a special focus on the human gut. We further explore the growing body of evidence for the role of CRISPR/Cas in regulating the interplay between bacteria and lysogenic phages, which may be intimately related to the presence of memory spacers and sheds new light on the multifaceted biological and ecological modes of action of CRISPR/Cas.
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- Eran Mick
- Department of Systems Biology; Harvard Medical School; Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; University of California; San Francisco, CA USA
- Department of Integrative Biology; University of California; Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics; Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot, Israel
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Yoshida M, Takaki Y, Eitoku M, Nunoura T, Takai K. Metagenomic analysis of viral communities in (hado)pelagic sediments. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57271. [PMID: 23468952 PMCID: PMC3584133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In this study, we analyzed viral metagenomes (viromes) in the sedimentary habitats of three geographically and geologically distinct (hado)pelagic environments in the northwest Pacific; the Izu-Ogasawara Trench (water depth = 9,760 m) (OG), the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (10,325 m) (MA), and the forearc basin off the Shimokita Peninsula (1,181 m) (SH). Virus abundance ranged from 10(6) to 10(11) viruses/cm(3) of sediments (down to 30 cm below the seafloor [cmbsf]). We recovered viral DNA assemblages (viromes) from the (hado)pelagic sediment samples and obtained a total of 37,458, 39,882, and 70,882 sequence reads by 454 GS FLX Titanium pyrosequencing from the virome libraries of the OG, MA, and SH (hado)pelagic sediments, respectively. Only 24-30% of the sequence reads from each virome library exhibited significant similarities to the sequences deposited in the public nr protein database (E-value <10(-3) in BLAST). Among the sequences identified as potential viral genes based on the BLAST search, 95-99% of the sequence reads in each library were related to genes from single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viral families, including Microviridae, Circoviridae, and Geminiviridae. A relatively high abundance of sequences related to the genetic markers (major capsid protein [VP1] and replication protein [Rep]) of two ssDNA viral groups were also detected in these libraries, thereby revealing a high genotypic diversity of their viruses (833 genotypes for VP1 and 2,551 genotypes for Rep). A majority of the viral genes predicted from each library were classified into three ssDNA viral protein categories: Rep, VP1, and minor capsid protein. The deep-sea sedimentary viromes were distinct from the viromes obtained from the oceanic and fresh waters and marine eukaryotes, and thus, deep-sea sediments harbor novel viromes, including previously unidentified ssDNA viruses.
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- Mitsuhiro Yoshida
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Fancello L, Raoult D, Desnues C. Computational tools for viral metagenomics and their application in clinical research. Virology 2012; 434:162-74. [PMID: 23062738 PMCID: PMC7111993 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 09/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/23/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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There are 100 times more virions than eukaryotic cells in a healthy human body. The characterization of human-associated viral communities in a non-pathological state and the detection of viral pathogens in cases of infection are essential for medical care and epidemic surveillance. Viral metagenomics, the sequenced-based analysis of the complete collection of viral genomes directly isolated from an organism or an ecosystem, bypasses the “single-organism-level” point of view of clinical diagnostics and thus the need to isolate and culture the targeted organism. The first part of this review is dedicated to a presentation of past research in viral metagenomics with an emphasis on human-associated viral communities (eukaryotic viruses and bacteriophages). In the second part, we review more precisely the computational challenges posed by the analysis of viral metagenomes, and we illustrate the problem of sequences that do not have homologs in public databases and the possible approaches to characterize them.
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- L Fancello
- Aix Marseille University, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, 13005 Marseille, France
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Going viral: next-generation sequencing applied to phage populations in the human gut. Nat Rev Microbiol 2012; 10:607-17. [PMID: 22864264 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Over the past decade, researchers have begun to characterize viral diversity using metagenomic methods. These studies have shown that viruses, the majority of which infect bacteria, are probably the most genetically diverse components of the biosphere. Here, we briefly review the incipient rise of a phage biology renaissance, which has been catalysed by advances in next-generation sequencing. We explore how work characterizing phage diversity and lifestyles in the human gut is changing our view of ourselves as supra-organisms. Finally, we discuss how a renewed appreciation of phage dynamics may yield new applications for phage therapies designed to manipulate the structure and functions of our gut microbiomes.
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Hartley MA, Ronet C, Fasel N. Backseat drivers: the hidden influence of microbial viruses on disease. Curr Opin Microbiol 2012; 15:538-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Roux S, Krupovic M, Poulet A, Debroas D, Enault F. Evolution and diversity of the Microviridae viral family through a collection of 81 new complete genomes assembled from virome reads. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40418. [PMID: 22808158 PMCID: PMC3394797 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Recent studies suggest that members of the Microviridae (a family of ssDNA bacteriophages) might play an important role in a broad spectrum of environments, as they were found in great number among the viral fraction from seawater and human gut samples. 24 completely sequenced Microviridae have been described so far, divided into three distinct groups named Microvirus, Gokushovirinae and Alpavirinae, this last group being only composed of prophages. In this study, we present the analysis of 81 new complete Microviridae genomes, assembled from viral metagenomes originating from various ecosystems. The phylogenetic analysis of the core genes highlights the existence of four groups, confirming the three sub-families described so far and exhibiting a new group, named Pichovirinae. The genomic organizations of these viruses are strikingly coherent with their phylogeny, the Pichovirinae being the only group of this family with a different organization of the three core genes. Analysis of the structure of the major capsid protein reveals the presence of mushroom-like insertions conserved within all the groups except for the microviruses. In addition, a peptidase gene was found in 10 Microviridae and its analysis indicates a horizontal gene transfer that occurred several times between these viruses and their bacterial hosts. This is the first report of such gene transfer in Microviridae. Finally, searches against viral metagenomes revealed the presence of highly similar sequences in a variety of biomes indicating that Microviridae probably have both an important role in these ecosystems and an ancient origin.
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- Simon Roux
- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire “Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire “Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement”, Aubière, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extremophiles, Paris, France
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire “Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire “Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement”, Aubière, France
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire “Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire “Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement”, Aubière, France
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire “Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire “Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement”, Aubière, France
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Metagenomic characterization of airborne viral DNA diversity in the near-surface atmosphere. J Virol 2012; 86:8221-31. [PMID: 22623790 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00293-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Airborne viruses are expected to be ubiquitous in the atmosphere but they still remain poorly understood. This study investigated the temporal and spatial dynamics of airborne viruses and their genotypic characteristics in air samples collected from three distinct land use types (a residential district [RD], a forest [FR], and an industrial complex [IC]) and from rainwater samples freshly precipitated at the RD site (RD-rain). Viral abundance exhibited a seasonal fluctuation in the range between 1.7 × 10(6) and 4.0 × 10(7) viruses m(-3), which increased from autumn to winter and decreased toward spring, but no significant spatial differences were observed. Temporal variations in viral abundance were inversely correlated with seasonal changes in temperature and absolute humidity. Metagenomic analysis of air viromes amplified by rolling-circle phi29 polymerase-based random hexamer priming indicated the dominance of plant-associated single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) geminivirus-related viruses, followed by animal-infecting circovirus-related sequences, with low numbers of nanoviruses and microphages-related genomes. Particularly, the majority of the geminivirus-related viruses were closely related to ssDNA mycoviruses that infect plant-pathogenic fungi. Phylogenetic analysis based on the replication initiator protein sequence indicated that the airborne ssDNA viruses were distantly related to known ssDNA viruses, suggesting that a high diversity of viruses were newly discovered. This research is the first to report the seasonality of airborne viruses and their genetic diversity, which enhances our understanding of viral ecology in temperate regions.
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Comparative genomic analysis of bacteriophage EP23 infecting Shigella sonnei and Escherichia coli. J Microbiol 2011; 49:927-34. [PMID: 22203555 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-1577-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bacteriophage EP23 that infects Escherichia coli and Shigella sonnei was isolated and characterized. The bacteriophage morphology was similar to members of the family Siphoviridae. The 44,077 bp genome was fully sequenced using 454 pyrosequencing. Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses showed that EP23 was most closely related to phage SO-1, which infects Sodalis glossinidius and phage SSL-2009a, which infects engineered E. coli. Genomic comparison indicated that EP23 and SO-1 were very similar with each other in terms of gene order and amino acid similarity, even though their hosts were separated in the level of genus. EP23 and SSL-2009a displayed high amino acid similarity between their genes, but there was evidence of several recombination events in SSL-2009a. The results of the comparative genomic analyses further the understanding of the evolution and relationship between EP23 and its bacteriophage relatives.
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