Zablocki, OlivierAdriaenssens, Evelien M.Frossard, AlineSeely, MaryRamond, Jean-BaptisteCowan, Don A.2017-03-102017-03-102017-01-12Zablocki O, Adriaenssens EM, Frossard A, Seely M, Ramond J-B, Cowan D. 2017. Metaviromes of extracellular soil viruses along a Namib Desert aridity gradient. Genome Announc 5:e01470-16. https://DOI.org/ 10.1128/genomeA.01470-16.2169-828710.1128/genomeA.01470-16http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59368The Namib Desert in southwest Africa is hyperarid and composed of distinct microbial communities affected by a longitudinal aridity gradient. Here, we report four soil metaviromes from the Namib Desert, assessed using deep sequencing of metavirome libraries prepared from DNA extracted from gravel plain surface soils.en© 2017 Zablocki et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.Namib DesertMicrobial communitiesSoilMetavirome librariesArticle