Archaeal viruses from Yellowstone’s high temperature environments

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone Park, W. Inskeep, T. McDermott, Editors, Montana

OSTI ID:912330

Young, M; Wiedenheft, B; Snyder, J; Spuhler, J; Roberto, F; Douglas, T

In general, our understanding of Archaea lags far behind our knowledge of the other two domains of life—Bacteria and Eukarya. Unlike the other domains of life, very few viruses of Archaea have been characterized. Of the approximately 4000 viruses described to date, only 36 are associated with archaeal hosts--many of these from thermophilic Crenarchaeota. In this work we describe the discovery, isolation and preliminary characterization of viruses and novel virus-like particles isolated directly from diverse thermal environments in Yellowstone National Park.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - SC
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-99ID-13727
• OSTI ID: 912330
• Report Number(s): INL/JOU-05-02664; TRN: US200801%%618
• Journal Information: Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone Park, W. Inskeep, T. McDermott, Editors, Montana, Journal Name: Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone Park, W. Inskeep, T. McDermott, Editors, Montana
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 - GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
VIRUSES
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
DETECTION
SAMPLING
SPECIES DIVERSITY
archaea
archaeal viruses
Sulfolobus
thermal viruses
viral diversity
Yellowstone