Marine and giant viruses as indicators of a marine microbial community in a riverine system [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2016 Viral communities are important for ecosystem function as they are involved in critical biogeochemical cycles and controlling host abundance. This study investigates riverine viral communities around a small rural town that influences local water inputs.
Lisa M. Dann +7 more
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Transition metals and oxidation reactions trigger stargate opening during the initial stages of the replicative cycle of the giant Tupanvirus [PDF]
mBioTupanviruses, members of the family Mimiviridae, infect phagocytic cells. Particle uncoating begins inside the phagosome, with capsid opening via the stargate. The mechanism through which this opening takes place is unknown.
Juliana R. Cortines +11 more
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Megavirus baoshanense Mb0671 modulates host translation and increases viral fitness [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyAmoeba giant viruses encode many translation-related proteins, but the function of these proteins remains obscure. In the current work, we studied the potential eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (eIF4A, Mb0671) encoded by Megavirus baoshanense,
Wenya Bian +7 more
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An efficient numerical representation of genome sequence: natural vector with covariance component [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background The characterization and comparison of microbial sequences, including archaea, bacteria, viruses and fungi, are very important to understand their evolutionary origin and the population relationship.
Nan Sun, Xin Zhao, Stephen S.-T. Yau
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Broad spectrum of mimiviridae virophage allows its isolation using a mimivirus reporter. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The giant virus Mimiviridae family includes 3 groups of viruses: group A (includes Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus), group B (includes Moumouvirus) and group C (includes Megavirus chilensis).
Morgan Gaia +5 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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Giant Viruses as a Source of Novel Enzymes for Biotechnological Application
Pathogens, 2022 The global demand for industrial enzymes has been increasing in recent years, and the search for new sources of these biological products is intense, especially in microorganisms.
Ellen Gonçalves de Oliveira +6 more
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Fecal Viral Community Responses to High-Fat Diet in Mice. [PDF]
, 2020 Alterations in diet can have significant impact on the host, with high-fat diet (HFD) leading to obesity, diabetes, and inflammation of the gut.
Blaser, Martin J +6 more
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An Optimized Metabarcoding Method for Mimiviridae
Microorganisms, 2020 Mimiviridae is a group of viruses with large genomes and virions. Ecological relevance of Mimiviridae in marine environments has been increasingly recognized through the discoveries of novel isolates and metagenomic studies.
Florian Prodinger +12 more
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Microorganisms, 2023 Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) infect various marine eukaryotes. However, little is known about NCLDV diversity and their relationships with eukaryotic hosts in marine environments, the elucidation of which will advance the current ...
Kang Eun Kim +7 more
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