The surface of hyperarid deserts is often paved with quartz rocks. These rocks are colonized by assemblages of photosynthetic microbial communities. Members of these communities, called hypoliths, are
Used of fosmids clones appears as a viable alternative to describe metaviromes in a much more detailed and reliable way than by the more common approaches based on direct sequencing.
This study aimed to assess the viral diversity in a specialized desert habitat, namely hypoliths. Samples were collected from the gravel plains at the Gobabeb Training and Research Station in the Nami