Discarded diversity: novel megaphages, auxiliary metabolic genes, and virally encoded CRISPR-Cas systems in landfills
Our observations indicate landfills, as heterogeneous contaminated sites with unique selective pressures, are key locations for diverse viruses and atypical virus-host dynamics.
Authors
- Zhichao Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9120-6762)
- Nikhil A. George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7483-5780)
- Laura A. Hug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5974-9428)
- Karthik Anantharaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9584-2491)
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Virology Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-025-02990-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Joint Genome Institute
- University of Waterloo
- National Institutes of Health
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences