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Ameba-associated Microorganisms and Diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 To elucidate the role of ameba-associated microorganisms (AAMs) as etiologic agents of pneumonia, we screened for Legionella spp., Parachlamydia acanthamoeba, Afipia sp., Bosea spp., Bradyrhizobium spp., Mesorhizobium amorphae, Rasbo bacterium ...
Pierre Berger +5 more
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Diversity of Amoeba-Associated Giant Viruses Isolated in Algeria
Diversity, 2020 The discovery of several giant amoeba viruses has opened up a novel area in the field of virology. Despite this, knowledge about ecology of these viruses remains patchy. In this study, we aimed to characterize the diversity of giant viruses in Algeria by
Hadjer Boudjemaa +3 more
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Structural and functional insights into Mimivirus ORFans
BMC Genomics, 2007 Background Mimivirus isolated from A. polyphaga is the largest virus discovered so far. It is unique among all the viruses in having genes related to translation, DNA repair and replication which bear close homology to eukaryotic genes.
Fischer Daniel, Saini Harpreet
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Ancestrality and Mosaicism of Giant Viruses Supporting the Definition of the Fourth TRUC of Microbes
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Giant viruses of amoebae were discovered in 2003. Since then, their diversity has greatly expanded. They were suggested to form a fourth branch of life, collectively named ‘TRUC’ (for “Things Resisting Uncompleted Classifications”) alongside Bacteria ...
Philippe Colson +10 more
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Viruses, 2019 Viruses are the most prevalent infectious agents, populating almost every ecosystem on earth. Most viruses carry only a handful of genes supporting their replication and the production of capsids.
Nadav Brandes, Michal Linial
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The Mimivirus L375 Nudix enzyme hydrolyzes the 5' mRNA cap.
PLoS ONE, 2021 The giant Mimivirus is a member of the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV), a group of diverse viruses that contain double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genomes that replicate primarily in eukaryotic hosts.
Grace Kago, Susan Parrish
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Screening Pneumonia Patients for Mimivirus
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APM), a virus of free-living amebae, has reportedly caused human respiratory disease. Using 2 newly developed real-time PCR assays, we screened 496 respiratory specimens from 9 pneumonia-patient populations for APM. This
Ryan K. Dare +2 more
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Membrane assembly during the infection cycle of the giant Mimivirus. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2013 Although extensively studied, the structure, cellular origin and assembly mechanism of internal membranes during viral infection remain unclear. By combining diverse imaging techniques, including the novel Scanning-Transmission Electron Microscopy ...
Yael Mutsafi +3 more
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Viruses, 2019 The history of giant viruses began in 2003 with the identification of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus. Since then, giant viruses of amoeba enlightened an unknown part of the viral world, and every discovery and characterization of a new giant virus ...
Clara Rolland +20 more
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Stem-Loop RNA Hairpins in Giant Viruses: Invading rRNA-Like Repeats and a Template Free RNA
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 We examine the hypothesis that de novo template-free RNAs still form spontaneously, as they did at the origins of life, invade modern genomes, contribute new genetic material.
Hervé Seligmann, Didier Raoult
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