Sustained virome diversity in Antarctic penguins and their ticks: geographical connectedness and no evidence for low pathogen pressure
M. Wille, E. Harvey, M. Shi, D. Gonzalez-Acuna, E. C. Holmes, A. Hurt
The paper analyzes virome diversity in Antarctic penguins and their ticks, finding comparable diversity to Australian waterbirds and rejecting the idea of low pathogen pressure in penguins.
bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2019Microbiology