Table 2.
Virome | Sample type | Most abundant families | Most abundant generaa | Reference |
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Antarctic soil comparison | Soil | Siphoviridae, Myoviridae, Podoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Mimiviridae | Lambdavirus, T4virus, N4virus, Chlorovirus, Cafeteriavirus | This study |
Antarctic soil and hypolith | Soil | Siphoviridae, Myoviridae, Podoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Mimiviridae | Lambdavirus, T4virus, Epsilon15virus, Chlorovirus, Cafeteriavirus | [19] |
Antarctic soil and hypolith | Hypolith | Siphoviridae, Myoviridae, Podoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Mimiviridae | P70virus, T4virus, Sp6virus, Chlorovirus, Moumouvirus | [19] |
Antarctic lithic niche GeoChip | Soil | Siphoviridae, Tectiviridae, Myoviridae, Podoviridae, Leviviridae, Microviridae | – | [46] |
Lake Limnopolar (Antarctica) spring | Water | Circoviridae, Microviridae, Nanoviridae, Siphoviridae | Unclassified environmental ssDNA viruses, unclassified lambda-like viruses | [47] |
Lake Limnopolar (Antarctica) summer | Water | Phycodnaviridae, Circoviridae, Mimiviridae, Myoviridae, Siphoviridae | Prasinovirus, Moumouvirus, unclassified ssDNA viruses, T4virus, E125virus | [47] |
Antarctic meromictic lake | Water | Phycodnaviridae, Siphoviridae, Myoviridae, Podoviridae | - | [48] |
Arctic cryoconite | Water | Siphoviridae, Myoviridae, Podoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Mimiviridae | P70virus, T4virus, Bcep22virus, Chlorovirus, Moumouvirus | [74] |
Arctic freshwater | Water | Circoviridae, Microviridae, Geminiviridae, Siphoviridae | - | [75] |
aThe first most abundant genus in the families in the previous column. Data from previous publications were extracted from MetaVir, where possible