An integrated computational approach that explores the viral content of more than 3,000 metagenomic samples collected globally highlights the existing global viral diversity, increases the known number of viral genes by an order of magnitude, and provides detailed insights into viral distribution across diverse ecosystems and into virus–host interactions.
- David Paez-Espino
- Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh
- Nikos C. Kyrpides