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Figure 1

Overview of viral metagenomic studies between 2002 and 2011. (a) The number of published papers on metagenomics (2003–2010), as determined by Pubmed searches using the keywords ‘metagenome OR metagenomics’. (b) Timeline of important landmarks and virus discoveries achieved with the metagenomic approach between 2002 and 2011. The following studies were used to generate the figure: [17••, 18, 20•, 62, 66, 70, 71, 74, 84, 85, 86, 88, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 148, 161, 162]. M: Main characterization method used: 454NGS, 454 high-throughput sequencing using GS FLX or GS titanium platform; sg-Sanger, shotgun library with Sanger sequencing method. S: sample, Symbols used for sample type: ip, insect pool; sb, skunk brain; int: intestine; panc: pancreas; hf: human feces; se, sewer effluent; ms: marine sediment; nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA).