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Asfarviruses and Closely Related Giant Viruses
Viruses, 2023 Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus, so called because of its “mimicking microbe”, was discovered in 2003 and was the founding member of the first family of giant viruses isolated from amoeba.
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Comparative Genomics Unveils Regionalized Evolution of the Faustovirus Genomes
Viruses, 2020 Faustovirus is a recently discovered genus of large DNA virus infecting the amoeba Vermamoeba vermiformis, which is phylogenetically related to Asfarviridae.
Julien Andreani +2 more
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Faustovirus-Like Asfarvirus in Hematophagous Biting Midges and Their Vertebrate Hosts
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Faustovirus, a new Asfarviridae-related giant virus, was recently isolated in Vermamoeba vermiformis, a protist found in sewage water in various geographical locations and occasionally reported in human eye infection cases.
Sarah Temmâm +2 more
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Engineering a Virus‐Derived X Family DNA Polymerase FvPolX for de novo DNA Synthesis
Advanced ScienceEnzymatic de novo DNA synthesis has gained increasing attention over the past decades, having emerged as a hotspot in synthetic biology. However, current research remains largely focused on animal‐derived X‐family DNA polymerases (PolXs), such as the ...
Chengjie Zhang, Lei Du, Shengying Li
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 For several decades, the vast world of DNA viruses has been expanding constantly. Various discoveries in this field have broadened our knowledge and revealed that DNA viruses encode many functional features, which were once thought to be exclusive to ...
Clara Rolland +2 more
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Faustovirus E12 Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Complex Splicing in Capsid Gene
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Faustoviruses are the first giant viruses of amoebae isolated on Vermamoeba vermiformis. They are distantly related to African swine fever virus, the causative agent of lethal hemorrhagic fever in domestic pigs. Structural studies have shown the presence
Amina Cherif Louazani +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Putative promoter motifs have been described in viruses belonging to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) group; however, few studies have been conducted to search for promoter sequences in newly discovered amoebal giant viruses.
GRAZIELE P Oliveira +2 more
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Faustoviruses: Comparative Genomics of New Megavirales Family Members
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 An emerging interest for the giant virus discovery process, genome sequencing and analysis has allowed an expansion of the number of known Megavirales members. Using the protist Vermamoeba sp. as cell support, a new giant virus named Faustovirus has been
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Giant virus vs amoeba: fight for supremacy
Virology Journal, 2019 Since the discovery of mimivirus, numerous giant viruses associated with free-living amoebae have been described. The genome of giant viruses can be more than 2.5 megabases, and virus particles can exceed the size of many bacteria.
Bernard La Scola +2 more
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In-depth analysis of the replication cycle of Orpheovirus
Virology Journal, 2019 Background After the isolation of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV), the study and search for new giant viruses has been intensified. Most giant viruses are associated with free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba; however other giant viruses ...
Rodrigo Araújo Lima Rodrigues +2 more
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