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
risk assessment
gene expression
dna methylation
genetic diversity
transcription factor