Mimiviridae, Marseilleviridae, and virophages as emerging human pathogens causing healthcare-associated infections [PDF]
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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Saudi Moumouvirus, the first group B mimivirus isolated from Asia
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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Decoding Huge Phage Diversity: A Taxonomic Classification of Lak Megaphages [PDF]
High-throughput sequencing for uncultivated viruses has accelerated the understanding of global viral diversity and uncovered viral genomes substantially larger than any that have so far been cultured.
Cook R +5 more
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Mimiviridae: clusters of orthologous genes, reconstruction of gene repertoire evolution and proposed expansion of the giant virus family [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2013 The family Mimiviridae belongs to the large monophyletic group of Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses (NCLDV; proposed order Megavirales) and encompasses giant viruses infecting amoeba and probably other unicellular eukaryotes.
N. Yutin +3 more
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Polintons: a hotbed of eukaryotic virus, transposon and plasmid evolution. [PDF]
Nat Rev Microbiol, 2015 Krupovic M, Koonin EV.
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Marseilleviruses: An Update in 2021
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 The family Marseilleviridae was the second family of giant viruses that was described in 2013, after the family Mimiviridae. Marseillevirus marseillevirus, isolated in 2007 by coculture on Acanthamoeba polyphaga, is the prototype member of this family ...
Dehia Sahmi-Bounsiar +13 more
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Faustovirus, an asfarvirus-related new lineage of giant viruses infecting amoebae. [PDF]
J Virol, 2015 Reteno DG +9 more
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Origin of giant viruses from smaller DNA viruses not from a fourth domain of cellular life. [PDF]
Virology, 2014 The numerous and diverse eukaryotic viruses with large double-stranded DNA genomes that at least partially reproduce in the cytoplasm of infected cells apparently evolved from a single virus ancestor.
Yutin N, Wolf YI, Koonin EV.
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 69, Issue 5, Page 2987-2995, September 2022., 2022 Abstract The emergence of high consequence animal diseases usually requires managing significant mortality. A desirable aspect of any carcass management method is the ability to contain and inactivate the target pathogen. The above‐ground burial (AGB) technique was recently developed and proposed as an alternative carcass management method.
Rafael Ebling +16 more
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The common ancestor of archaea and eukarya was not an archaeon. [PDF]
Archaea, 2013 It is often assumed that eukarya originated from archaea. This view has been recently supported by phylogenetic analyses in which eukarya are nested within archaea. Here, I argue that these analyses are not reliable, and I critically discuss archaeal ancestor scenarios, as well as fusion scenarios for the origin of eukaryotes.
Forterre P.
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