A planetary-scale understanding of the ocean ecosystem, particularly in light of climate
change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international …

We present an extension of the Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence (MIxS)
standard for reporting sequences of uncultivated virus genomes. Minimum Information about …

Bacteriophage (phage) taxonomy has been in flux since its inception over four decades ago.
Genome sequencing has put pressure on the classification system and recent years have …

Microbiomes from every environment contain a myriad of uncultivated archaeal and
bacterial viruses, but studying these viruses is hampered by the lack of a universal, scalable …

A universal taxonomy of viruses is essential for a comprehensive view of the virus world and
for communicating the complicated evolutionary relationships among viruses. However …

Crassvirales (crAss-like phages) are an abundant group of human gut-specific
bacteriophages discovered in silico. The use of crAss-like phages as human fecal indicators …

This article is a summary of the activities of the ICTV's Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses
Subcommittee for the years 2018 and 2019. Highlights include the creation of a new order …

Bacteriophages, which are viruses infecting bacteria, are the most ubiquitous and diverse
entities in the biosphere. There is accumulating evidence revealing their important roles in …

Bacteriophages are abundant in soils. However, the majority are uncharacterized, and their
hosts are unknown. Here, we apply high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi …

Background Viruses influence global patterns of microbial diversity and nutrient cycles.
Though viral metagenomics (viromics), specifically targeting dsDNA viruses, has been …