The Geographic Structure of Viruses in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, a Unique Oasis in Northern Mexico, Reveals a Highly Diverse Population on a Small Geographic Scale.
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| Title: | The Geographic Structure of Viruses in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, a Unique Oasis in Northern Mexico, Reveals a Highly Diverse Population on a Small Geographic Scale. |
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| Authors: | Taboada, B.1, Isa, P.1, Gutiérrez-Escolano, A. L.2, del Ángel, R. M.2, Ludert, J. E.2, Vázquez, N.3, Tapia-Palacios, M. A.3, Chávez, P.4, Garrido, E.4, Espinosa, A. C.3, Eguiarte, L. E.5, López, S.1, Souza, V.5 souza.valeria2@gmail.com, Arias, C. F.1 arias@ibt.unam.mx |
| Source: | Applied & Environmental Microbiology. Jun2018, Vol. 84 Issue 11, p1-25. 25p. |
| Subjects: | Stromatolites, Biodiversity, Microbial communities, Single-stranded DNA, Prokaryotes |
| Abstract: | The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) is located in the Chihuahuan desert in the Mexican state of Coahuila; it has been characterized as a site with high biological diversity despite its extreme oligotrophic conditions. It has the greatest number of endemic species in North America, containing abundant living microbialites (including stromatolites and microbial mats) and diverse microbial communities. With the hypothesis that this high biodiversity and the geographic structure should be reflected in the virome, the viral communities in 11 different locations of three drainage systems, Churince, La Becerra, and Pozas Rojas, and in the intestinal contents of 3 different fish species, were analyzed for both eukaryotic and prokaryotic RNA and DNA viruses using next-generation sequencing methods. Double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) virus families were the most abundant (72.5% of reads), followed by single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses (2.9%) and ssRNA and dsRNA virus families (0.5%). Thirteen families had dsDNA genomes, five had ssDNA, three had dsRNA, and 16 had ssRNA. A highly diverse viral community was found, with an ample range of hosts and a strong geographical structure, with very even distributions and signals of endemicity in the phylogenetic trees from several different virus families. The majority of viruses found were bacteriophages but eukaryotic viruses were also frequent, and the large diversity of viruses related to algae were a surprise, since algae are not evident in the previously analyzed aquatic systems of this ecosystem. Animal viruses were also frequently found, showing the large diversity of aquatic animals in this oasis, where plants, protozoa, and archaea are rare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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