Viral metagenomics

@article{Edwards2005ViralM,
  title={Viral metagenomics},
  author={Robert A. Edwards and Forest L. Rohwer},
  journal={Nature Reviews Microbiology},
  year={2005},
  volume={3},
  pages={504-510},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:8059643}
}
Metagenomic analyses of uncultured viral communities circumvent limitations and can provide insights into the composition and structure of environmental viral communities.
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