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Asfarviruses and Closely Related Giant Viruses [PDF]

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.
Sihem Hannat, Bernard La Scola, Julien Andreani, Sarah Aherfi   +3 more
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The Kaumoebavirus LCC10 Genome Reveals a Unique Gene Strand Bias among “Extended Asfarviridae” [PDF]

Viruses, 2021
Kaumoebavirus infects the amoeba Vermamoeba vermiformis and has recently been described as a distant relative of the African swine fever virus. To characterize the diversity and evolution of this novel viral genus, we report here on the isolation and ...
Khalil Geballa-Koukoulas, Julien Andreani, Bernard La Scola, Guillaume Blanc   +3 more
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Putative Promoter Motif Analyses Reinforce the Evolutionary Relationships Among Faustoviruses, Kaumoebavirus, and Asfarvirus [PDF]

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, Isabella L. M. de Aquino, Ana P. M. F. Luiz, Jônatas S. Abrahão   +3 more
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Diversity of Giant Viruses Infecting Vermamoeba vermiformis [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The discovery of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus in 2003 using the free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba polyphaga caused a paradigm shift in the virology field.
Khalil Geballa-Koukoulas, Khalil Geballa-Koukoulas, Bernard La Scola, Guillaume Blanc, Julien Andreani   +4 more
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Kaumoebavirus, a New Virus That Clusters with Faustoviruses and Asfarviridae [PDF]

Viruses, 2016
In this study, we report the isolation of a new giant virus found in sewage water from the southern area of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), with morphological and genomic resemblance to Faustoviruses.
Leena H. Bajrai, Samia Benamar, Esam I. Azhar, Catherine Robert, Anthony Levasseur, Didier Raoult, Bernard La Scola   +6 more
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Integrative genomic analyses support the division of the extended Asfarviridae clade into multiple viral families [PDF]

Journal of Virology
Giant viruses continue to challenge our understanding of virology, blurring boundaries of what a virus can be. The so-called “extended Asfarviridae”— such as African swine fever virus, faustovirus, kaumoebavirus, pacmanvirus, and AbALV—has long puzzled ...
Thiago Mendonça-Santos, Jônatas Abrahão, Luiz-Eduardo Del-Bem   +2 more
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In-depth analysis of the replication cycle of Orpheovirus [PDF]

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 ...
Fernanda Souza, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Erik Reis, Maurício Lima, Bernard La Scola, Jônatas Abrahão   +5 more
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Widespread Distribution and Evolution of Poxviral Entry-Fusion Complex Proteins in Giant Viruses. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr, 2023
Kao S, Kao CF, Chang W, Ku C.
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Comparative Genomics and Environmental Distribution of Large dsDNA Viruses in the Family Asfarviridae. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2021
Karki S, Moniruzzaman M, Aylward FO.
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Giant Viruses as a Source of Novel Enzymes for Biotechnological Application. [PDF]

Pathogens, 2022
de Oliveira EG, Carvalho JVRP, Botelho BB, da Costa Filho CA, Henriques LR, de Azevedo BL, Rodrigues RAL.   +6 more
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