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Viral diversity and co‐evolutionary dynamics across the ant phylogeny

Molecular Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 19, October 2024.
Abstract Knowledge of viral biodiversity within insects, particularly within ants, is extremely limited with only a few environmental viruses from invasive ant species identified to date. This study documents and explores the viral communities in ants.
Peter J. Flynn, Corrie S. Moreau
wiley   +1 more source

Viral communities in millipede guts: Insights into the diversity and potential role in modulating the microbiome

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 26, Issue 2, February 2024.
Relative abundance of the metagenome‐assembled viral genomes (bottom arch) identified in the hindgut metagenomes and metatranscriptomes of Epibolus pulchripes and Glomeris connexa. The top arch shows the coverage of each viral phylum mapped to the identified metagenome‐assembled viral genomes in transcripts per million.
Julius Eyiuche Nweze, Johannes Sergej Schweichhart, Roey Angel   +2 more
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Nucleocytoviricota Viral Factories Are Transient Organelles Made by Phase Separation

Phase separation is a common mechanism utilized by viruses to achieve replication, host manipulation and virion morphogenesis. The newly defined phylum _Nucleocytoviricota_ encompass ubiquitous and diverse viruses including _Poxviridae,_ the climate-modulating _Emiliania huxleyi_ virus and the previously termed Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses ...
Sofia Rigou, Alain Schmitt, Audrey Lartigue, Lucile Danner, Claire Giry, Feres Trabelsi, Lucid Belmudes, Natalia Olivero-Deibe, Yohann Couté, Mabel Berois, Matthieu Legendre, Sandra Jeudy, Chantal Abergel, Hugo Bisio   +13 more
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Genomic adaptation of giant viruses in polar oceans

Nature Communications, 2023
Despite being perennially frigid, polar oceans form an ecosystem hosting high and unique biodiversity. Various organisms show different adaptive strategies in this habitat, but how viruses adapt to this environment is largely unknown.
Lingjie Meng, Tom O. Delmont, Morgan Gaïa, Eric Pelletier, Antonio Fernàndez-Guerra, Samuel Chaffron, Russell Y. Neches, Junyi Wu, Hiroto Kaneko, Hisashi Endo, Hiroyuki Ogata   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genome-resolved year-round dynamics reveal a broad range of giant virus microdiversity

mSystems
Giant viruses are crucial for marine ecosystem dynamics because they regulate microeukaryotic community structure, accelerate carbon and nutrient cycles, and drive the evolution of their hosts through co-evolutionary processes.
Yue Fang, Lingjie Meng, Jun Xia, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keizo Nagasaki, Hisashi Endo, Yusuke Okazaki, Hiroyuki Ogata   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Giant viruses as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

Nature Communications
Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs; also called giant viruses), constituting the phylum Nucleocytoviricota, can infect a wide range of eukaryotes and exchange genetic material with not only their hosts but also prokaryotes and phages.
Xinzhu Yi, Jie-Liang Liang, Ping Wen, Pu Jia, Shi-wei Feng, Shen-yan Liu, Yuan-yue Zhuang, Yu-qian Guo, Jing-li Lu, Sheng-ji Zhong, Bin Liao, Zhang Wang, Wen-sheng Shu, Jin-tian Li   +13 more
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Fundamental Difficulties Prevent the Reconstruction of the Deep Phylogeny of Viruses

Viruses, 2020
The extension of virology beyond its traditional medical, veterinary, or agricultural applications, now called environmental virology, has shown that viruses are both the most numerous and diverse biological entities on Earth.
Jean-Michel Claverie
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Benchmarking of phylogenetic marker genes for Nucleocytoviricota.

, 2021
(A) Dotplot of protein lengths for each of the 9 marker genes examined in detail. Blue dots represent proteins that were the best hit against marker gene HMMs and likely represent true orthologs, while red dots represent multiple copies of marker genes ...
Eugene V. Koonin (6629249), Frank O. Aylward (8111870), Anh D. Ha (5479469), Mohammad Moniruzzaman (2495296)   +3 more
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A Functional K⁺ Channel from Tetraselmis Virus 1, a Member of the Mimiviridae

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, Brigitte Hertel, Christopher R. Schvarcz, Andrea Saponaro, Mirja Manthey, Ulrike Burk, Timo Greiner, Grieg F. Steward, James L. Van Etten, Anna Moroni, Gerhard Thiel, Oliver Rauh   +11 more
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Automated classification of giant virus genomes using a random forest model built on trademark protein families

npj Viruses
Viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota, often referred to as “giant viruses,” are prevalent in various environments around the globe and play significant roles in shaping eukaryotic diversity and activities in global ecosystems.
Anh D. Ha, Frank O. Aylward
doaj   +1 more source