Giant Mimiviridae CsCl Purification Protocol [PDF]
Bio-Protocol, 2020 While different giant viruses’ purification protocols are available, they are not fully described and they use sucrose gradient that does not reach an equilibrium.
Lionel Bertaux +2 more
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Evolution and Phylogeny of large DNA viruses, Mimiviridae and Phycodnaviridae including newly characterized Heterosigma akashiwo virus [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Nucleocytoplasmic DNA viruses are a large group of viruses that harbor double-stranded DNA genomes with sizes of several hundred kbp, challenging the traditional concept of viruses as small, simple ‘organisms at the edge of life’.
Fumito Maruyama, Shoko Ueki
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A Functional K+ Channel from Tetraselmis Virus 1, a Member of the Mimiviridae [PDF]
Viruses, 2020 Potassium ion (K+) channels have been observed in diverse viruses that infect eukaryotic marine and freshwater algae. However, experimental evidence for functional K+ channels among these alga-infecting viruses has thus far been restricted to members of ...
Kerri Kukovetz +11 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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Mimiviridae: An Expanding Family of Highly Diverse Large dsDNA Viruses Infecting a Wide Phylogenetic Range of Aquatic Eukaryotes [PDF]
Viruses, 2018 Since 1998, when Jim van Etten’s team initiated its characterization, Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus 1 (PBCV-1) had been the largest known DNA virus, both in terms of particle size and genome complexity.
Jean-Michel Claverie, Chantal Abergel
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First Isolation of a Giant Virus from Wild Hirudo medicinalis Leech: Mimiviridae isolation in Hirudo medicinalis [PDF]
Viruses, 2013 Giant viruses and amoebae are common in freshwater, where they can coexist with other living multicellular organisms. We screened leeches from the species Hirudo medicinalis for giant viruses. We analyzed five H. medicinalis obtained from Tunisia (3) and
Mondher Boughalmi +5 more
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Presence of CRISPR CAS-Like Sequences as a Proposed Mechanism for Horizontal Genetic Exchanges between Trichomonas vaginalis and Its Associated Virus: A Comparative Genomic Analysis with the First Report of a Putative CRISPR CAS Structures in Eukaryotic Cells. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2023 Introduction. Trichomonas vaginalis genome is among the largest genome size and coding capacities. Combinations of gene duplications, transposon, repeated sequences, and lateral gene transfers (LGTs) have contributed to the unexpected large genomic size and diversity. This study is aimed at investigating genomic exchange and seeking for presence of the
Kenarkoohi A +11 more
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Gut Virome: What's the Role in Irritable Bowel Syndrome? [PDF]
Rev Med VirolABSTRACT The gut virome, an integral but still poorly understood component of the gut microbiota, is emerging as an important player in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Recent evidence suggests that alterations in virome diversity and phage–bacteria interactions contribute to gut dysbiosis, immune modulation and gut barrier ...
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Commensalism in theMimiviridaegiant virus family [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2019 AbstractAcanthamoeba-infecting Mimiviridae belong to three clades: Mimiviruses (A), Moumouviruses (B) and Megaviruses (C). The uniquely complex mobilome of these giant viruses includes virophages and linear 7 kb-DNA molecules called “transpovirons”. We recently isolated a virophage (Zamilon vitis) and two transpovirons (maBtv and mvCtv) respectively ...
Jeudy, Sandra +14 more
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Comparative glycomic analysis of Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae uncovers host-related and lineage-specific glycosylation. [PDF]
J BiochemAbstract Giant viruses encode unusual glycosylation machinery distinct from their amoebal hosts, raising fundamental questions about how their glycans are synthesized and diversified. Here we present a comparative glycomic analysis of mimivirus, tokyovirus, and hokutovirus, together with their common host Acanthamoeba castellanii. The
Shim J +7 more
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