Number of genomes of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses and retroviruses and of bacterial genomes deposited in NCBI as of August 2016

Range dsDNA viruses and retroviruses <2,200: bacterial >45,000 genomes
Organism Microbes
Reference Paez-Espino D et al., Uncovering Earth's virome. Nature. 2016 Aug 25 536(7617):425-30 DOI: 10.1038/nature19094 p.425 left column top paragraphPubMed ID27533034
Primary Source [5] Reddy, T. B. et al. The Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) v.5: a metadata management system based on a four level (meta)genome project classification. Nucleic Acids Res. 43, D1099–D1106 (2015) doi: 10.1093/nar/gku950PubMed ID25348402
Comments P.425 left column top paragraph: "There are an estimated 10^31 viral particles infecting microbial populations [ref 4 & see BNID 110706], yet fewer than 2,200 genomes from double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses and retroviruses are deposited in NCBI, compared to over 45,000 bacterial genomes [primary source]."
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