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Assessing the biogeography of marine giant viruses in four oceanic transects
ISME Communications, 2023 Viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota are ubiquitous in ocean waters and play important roles in shaping the dynamics of marine ecosystems. In this study, we leveraged the bioGEOTRACES metagenomic dataset collected across the Atlantic and Pacific ...
Anh D. Ha +2 more
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Characterization of the pathogenic potential of the beach sand microbiome and assessment of quicklime as a remediation tool [PDF]
, 2023 Beach sand may act as a reservoir for potential human pathogens, posing a public health risk. Despite this, the microbiological monitoring of sand microbiome is rarely performed to determine beach quality.
Balzani M. +11 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 +8 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 The family Asfarviridae is a group of nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) of which African swine fever virus (ASFV) is well-characterized. Recently the discovery of several Asfarviridae members other than ASFV has suggested that this family ...
Sangita Karki +2 more
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Amazing structural diversity of giant virus-like particles in forest soil [PDF]
, 2023 Large DNA viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota infect diverse eukaryotic hosts from protists to humans, with profound consequences for aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Blanchard, J., Fischer, M., Mersdorf, U.
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Climate Change, Giant Viruses and Their Putative Hosts [PDF]
, 2023 Viruses hold our attention for the horrific impact they have on human health and welfare. However, viruses are a critical part of our ecosystem and facilitate the cycling of carbon and other important nutrients.
Tucker, Sarah K
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The Secret Life of Giant Viruses in the California Current
mSystems, 2021 In the last few decades, the virology field has experienced a revolution in knowledge related to viral richness, diversity, and distribution in the oceans.
Jônatas Santos Abrahão
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Giant Virus-Eukaryote Interactions as Ecological and Evolutionary Driving Forces
mSystems, 2021 Giant DNA viruses of eukaryotes are notable for their extraordinary genome size and coding capacity. Once thought to be oddities in the virus world, these elusive microbes have turned out to be widely occurring in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ...
Chuan Ku
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Tracing RNA viruses associated with Nudibranchia gastropods [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Nudibranchia is an under-studied taxonomic group of gastropods, including more than 3,000 species with colourful and extravagant body shapes and peculiar predatory and defensive strategies.
Umberto Rosani
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