Preprint on viral discovery from #endolithic #metagenomes Highly diverse & unknown #viruses may enhance #Antarctic endoliths' adaptability https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.02.518905v1 🪨🦠🧬🇦🇶 lead by @casettron@twitter.com @ClaudiaColeine@twitter.com with @LauraSelbmann@twitter.com @ManuDelBaq@twitter.com and #JGI team @sgtringe@twitter.com @simroux_virus@twitter.com & #NSURP 2022 undergraduate @NSURPorg@twitter.com Morgan Saunders

#lichens #crustose #endolithic My final image of the immersed thallus of Opegrapha saxatilis(?) nicely combining 250 million year old quartz crystals with modern lichen hyphae exploiting pore space and fractures!