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  • Marine virology
  • Genomics
  • Deep-sea microbiology

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  • Metagenomics has overlooked dominant viruses in ocean surface samples.
  • Single-virus genomics (SVG) has enabled discovery of uncultured viruses infecting ubiquitous marine bacteria.
  • Deep-ocean environments remain largely unexplored in terms of viral diversity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the feasibility of applying single-virus genomics (SVG) to deep-ocean samples.
  • To discover and characterize novel viruses from various deep-ocean locations.
  • To assess the abundance and distribution of newly identified viral groups.

Main Methods:

  • Sorting of individual virus-like particles from deep-ocean water samples (200-4000 m depth).
  • Whole-genome amplification and sequencing of sorted single viruses.
  • Genome annotation, protein profile analysis, and fragment recruitment analysis.

Main Results:

  • Successfully applied SVG to deep-ocean samples from the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, and Pacific Ocean oxygen minimum zone.
  • Sequenced 60 single viruses, identifying 27 bona fide viral genomes.
  • Discovered novel viral groups with conserved relative abundance across different ocean basins, including auxiliary metabolic genes.

Conclusions:

  • Single-virus genomics (SVG) is a feasible and powerful method for exploring viral diversity in deep-ocean environments.
  • SVG has unveiled previously unrecognized viral groups, expanding the known marine virosphere.
  • The identified viruses, though novel, show a conserved distribution, suggesting ecological significance.