Discarded diversity: Novel megaphages, auxiliary metabolic genes, and virally encoded CRISPR-Cas systems in landfills.

Nikhil A GeorgeZhichao ZhouKarthik Anantharaman Barbara A Katzenback

Published in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)

Our observations indicate landfills, as heterogeneous contaminated sites with unique selective pressures, are key locations for diverse viruses and atypical virus-host dynamics.

Keyphrases

municipal solid waste
crispr cas
genome editing
heavy metals
sewage sludge
genome wide
anaerobic digestion
drinking water
bioinformatics analysis
genome wide identification
genetic diversity
gene expression