@article{fdi:010092089,
  title = {{A}frican army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest},
  author = {{F}ritz, {M}atthieu and {R}eggiardo, {B}erenice and {F}illoux, {D}. and {C}laude, {L}. and {F}ernandez, {E}. and {M}ah{\'e}, {F}. and {K}raberger, {S}. and {C}uster, {J}. {M}. and {B}ecquart, {P}ierre and {M}ebaley, {T}. {N}. and {K}ombila, {L}. {B}. and {L}enguiya, {L}. {H}. and {B}oundenga, {L}. and {M}ombo, {I}. {M}. and {M}aganga, {G}. {D}. and {N}iama, {F}. {R}. and {K}oumba, {J}. {S}. and {O}gliastro, {M}. and {Y}von, {M}. and {M}artin, {D}. {P}. and {B}lanc, {S}. and {V}arsani, {A}. and {L}eroy, {E}ric and {R}oumagnac, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n this study, we used a predator-enabled metagenomics strategy to sample the virome of a remote and difficult-to-access densely forested {A}frican tropical region. {S}pecifically, we focused our study on the use of army ants of the genus {D}orylus that are obligate collective foragers and group predators that attack and overwhelm a broad array of animal prey. {U}sing 209 army ant samples collected from 29 colonies and the virion-associated nucleic acid-based metagenomics approach, we showed that a broad diversity of bacterial, plant, invertebrate and vertebrate viral sequences were accumulated by army ants: including sequences from 157 different viral genera in 56 viral families. {T}his suggests that using predators and scavengers such as army ants to sample broad swathes of tropical forest viromes can shed light on the composition and the structure of viral populations of these complex and inaccessible ecosystems.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}eer {C}ommunity {J}ournal},
  volume = {3},
  numero = {},
  pages = {e24 [21 ]},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.24072/pcjournal.249},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010092089},
}