The Double-Stranded DNA Virosphere as a Modular Hierarchical Network of Gene Sharing [PDF]
mBio, 2016 Virus genomes are prone to extensive gene loss, gain, and exchange and share no universal genes. Therefore, in a broad-scale study of virus evolution, gene and genome network analyses can complement traditional phylogenetics.
Jaime Iranzo +2 more
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Virus Genomes from Deep Sea Sediments Expand the Ocean Megavirome and Support Independent Origins of Viral Gigantism [PDF]
mBio, 2019 The nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) of eukaryotes (proposed order, “Megavirales”) include the families Poxviridae, Asfarviridae, Iridoviridae, Ascoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Marseilleviridae, and Mimiviridae, as well as still unclassified ...
Disa Bäckström +9 more
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Zamilon, a novel virophage with Mimiviridae host specificity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Virophages, which are potentially important ecological regulators, have been discovered in association with members of the order Megavirales. Sputnik virophages target the Mimiviridae, Mavirus was identified with the Cafeteria roenbergensis virus, and ...
Morgan Gaia +7 more
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GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2014 [english] Aim: During the last decade it became obvious that viruses belonging to and families (order Megavirales), may be potential causative agents of pneumonia. Thus, we have performed a review of the association of , , and virophages with pneumonia,
Kutikhin, Anton G. +2 more
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Megavirales Composing a Fourth Domain of Life: Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae
, 2012 The 2003 discovery of Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus led to several breakthroughs and subsequent discussions related to the evolution, origin and definition of viruses and dramatically boosted scientific interest in giant viruses. Mimivirus was the largest virus with respect to particle size and genome length, and its analysis blurred the paradigms ...
Philippe Colson, Didier Raoult
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New Brazilian giant viruses isolation from environmental samples using a panel of protozoa. [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 The Megavirales are a newly described order capable of infecting different types of eukaryotic hosts. For the most part, the natural host is unknown.
Fábio Pio Dornas +6 more
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Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus stability in environmental and clinical substrates: implications for virus detection and isolation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Viruses are extremely diverse and abundant and are present in countless environments. Giant viruses of the Megavirales order have emerged as a fascinating research topic for virologists around the world.
Fábio P Dornas +9 more
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Genomic comparison of closely related Giant Viruses supports an accordion-like model of evolution.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Genome gigantism occurs so far in Phycodnaviridae and Mimiviridae (order Megavirales). Origin and evolution of these Giant Viruses (GVs) remain open questions.
Jonathan eFilée
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Saudi Moumouvirus, the first group B mimivirus isolated from Asia [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 The number of novel giant viruses identified and characterized from the recently proposed order Megavirales has increased in recent years and new questions have been raised regarding viral diversity and evolution.
Leena Hussein Bajrai +8 more
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Evolution of double-stranded DNA viruses of eukaryotes: from bacteriophages to transposons to giant viruses. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2015 International audienceDiverse eukaryotes including animals and protists are hosts to a broad variety of viruses with double-stranded (ds) DNA genomes, from the largest known viruses, such as pandoraviruses and mimiviruses, to tiny polyomaviruses.
Koonin EV, Krupovic M, Yutin N.
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