An analysis of viruses identified from 52 globally distributed hydrothermal vents (10 hydrothermal plumes, 40 vent deposits, and 2 diffuse flow), collected from 2004 to 2018. These data were previously reconstructed and analysed in the context of microbial diversity in hydrothermal vent deposits and hydrothermal plumes.
The paper is currently available as a preprint.
The viral genomes are publicly available on Figshare.