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Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses

Nature Communications, 2018
Current knowledge of giant virus diversity is largely based on samples from aquatic environments. Here the authors employ cultivation-independent metagenomics and mini-metagenomics on forest soil and identify 16 novel giant virus genomes, some of which ...
Frederik Schulz, Lauren Alteio, Danielle Goudeau, Elizabeth M. Ryan, Feiqiao B. Yu, Rex R. Malmstrom, Jeffrey Blanchard, Tanja Woyke   +7 more
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A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae

Viruses, 2017
The discovery of infectious particles that challenge conventional thoughts concerning “what is a virus” has led to the evolution a new field of study in the past decade.
Steven W. Wilhelm, Jordan T. Bird, Kyle S. Bonifer, Benjamin C. Calfee, Tian Chen, Samantha R. Coy, P. Jackson Gainer, Eric R. Gann, Huston T. Heatherly, Jasper Lee, Xiaolong Liang, Jiang Liu, April C. Armes, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, J. Hunter Rice, Joshua M. A. Stough, Robert N. Tams, Evan P. Williams, Gary R. LeCleir   +18 more
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Importance of amoebae as a tool to isolate amoeba-resisting microorganisms and for their ecology and evolution: the Chlamydia paradigm. [PDF]

, 2014
Free-living amoebae are distributed worldwide and are frequently in contact with humans and animals. As cysts, they can survive in very harsh conditions and resist biocides and most disinfection procedures. Several microorganisms, called amoeba-resisting
Greub, G., Kebbi-Beghdadi, C.
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Quantitative Assessment of Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Virus and Host Interactions Predicted by Co-occurrence Analyses [PDF]

, 2021
Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) are highly diverse and abundant in marine environments. However, the knowledge of their hosts is limited because only a few NCLDVs have been isolated so far.
Blanc-Mathieu, R., Chaffron, S., Endo, H., Hernández-Velázquez, R., Kaneko, H., Meng, L., Ogata, H.   +6 more
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The Transmissibility of the Human Skin Virome: Potential Forensic Implications

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2025.
To robustly establish the forensic potential of the human skin virome, continuous research and investigation across diverse ethnic groups are necessary. This study evaluated the stability and transmissibility of the skin virome in Koreans. Our results show that the skin virome is stable over time and can be shared through contact with objects ...
Min‐Jeong Kim, Ji‐Ho Park, Yong‐Bin Eom   +2 more
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Virus Genomes from Deep Sea Sediments Expand the Ocean Megavirome and Support Independent Origins of Viral Gigantism

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, Natalya Yutin, Steffen L. Jørgensen, Jennah Dharamshi, Felix Homa, Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedwiedzka, Anja Spang, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin, Thijs J. G. Ettema   +9 more
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Genome Characterization of the First Mimiviruses of Lineage C Isolated in Brazil

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
The family Mimiviridae, comprised by giant DNA viruses, has been increasingly studied since the isolation of the Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV), in 2003.
Felipe L. Assis, Ana P. M. Franco-Luiz, Raíssa N. dos Santos, Fabrício S. Campos, Fábio P. Dornas, Paulo V. M. Borato, Ana C. Franco, Jônatas S. Abrahao, Philippe Colson, Bernard La Scola   +9 more
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Lausannevirus Encodes a Functional Dihydrofolate Reductase Susceptible to Proguanil. [PDF]

, 2017
Lausannevirus belongs to the family Marseilleviridae within the group of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs). These giant viruses exhibit unique features, including a large genome, ranging from 100 kb to 2.5 Mb and including from 150 to more ...
Gauye, F., Greub, G., Hauser, P.M., Mueller, L.   +3 more
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Metabolic arsenal of giant viruses: host hijack or self-use? [PDF]

, 2022
© The Author(s), 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Belhaouari, D., De Souza, G., Lamb, D., Kelly, S., Goldstone, J., Stegeman, J., Colson, P., La Scola ...
Aherfi, Sarah, Brahim Belhaouari, Djamal, Colson, Philippe, Goldstone, Jared V., Kelly, Steven L., La Scola, Bernard, Lamb, David C., Pires De Souza, Gabriel Augusto, Stegeman, John J.   +8 more
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Commensal Viruses Promote Intestinal Stem Cell Regeneration Following Radiation Damage by Inhibiting Hyperactivation of RIG‐I and Notch Signals

Advanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 37, October 6, 2025.
Ionizing radiation disrupts gut virome and bacteriome. Gut commensal viruses protect against intestinal damage and promote stem cell regeneration by inhibiting hyperactivation of RIG‐I and Notch signaling in stem cells. Fecal virome transplantation (FVT) from healthy donors can serve as a potential therapeutic intervention by enriching phages targeting
Xiaotong Zhao, Yu Cai, Yujia Hou, Yanjin Wu, Tingting Wei, Lili Li, Zhaojun Duan, Xinran Lu, Jiahui Meng, Haitao Zhou, Qin Wang, Jinhan Wang, Chang Xu, Liqing Du, Saijun Fan, Feng Wang, Qiang Liu, Yang Liu   +17 more
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