Fig. 5: Observed viral and microbial traits suggest endemism shapes the ecology and evolution of viruses in hydrothermal vents.
From: Endemism shapes viral ecology and evolution in globally distributed hydrothermal vent ecosystems
Conceptual diagram showing the viral and microbial traits (center, gray and purple rectangles) characterized in this study that contribute to viral biogeography in hydrothermal vents. Arrow width indicates the magnitude of support for local versus global viral distribution based on the findings in this study (large width signifies high support, small width indicates low support). The left blue rectangle shows traits associated with a more local, narrow distribution, and the right, green rectangle shows traits associated with a global, widespread distribution. This figure is adapted from Chow and Suttle (2015)12 and was created using BioRender.com.
