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.
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One Year Genome Evolution of Lausannevirus in Allopatric versus Sympatric Conditions. [PDF]
Genome Biology and Evolution, 2017 Amoeba-resisting microorganisms raised a great interest during the last decade. Among them, some large DNA viruses present huge genomes up to 2.5 Mb long, exceeding the size of small bacterial genomes.
Bertelli, C. +4 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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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.
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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.
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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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Faustovirus, an asfarvirus-related new lineage of giant viruses infecting amoebae. [PDF]
J Virol, 2015 Reteno DG +9 more
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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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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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