Schrödinger’s Cheshire Cat: Are Haploid Emiliania huxleyi Cells Resistant to Viral Infection or Not? [PDF]
Viruses, 2017 Emiliania huxleyi is the main calcite producer on Earth and is routinely infected by a virus (EhV); a double stranded DNA (dsDNA) virus belonging to the family Phycodnaviridae. E. huxleyi exhibits a haplodiploid life cycle; the calcified diploid stage is
Gideon J. Mordecai +3 more
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Phaeoviral Infections Are Present in Macrocystis, Ecklonia and Undaria (Laminariales) and Are Influenced by Wave Exposure in Ectocarpales [PDF]
Viruses, 2018 Two sister orders of the brown macroalgae (class Phaeophyceae), the morphologically complex Laminariales (commonly referred to as kelp) and the morphologically simple Ectocarpales are natural hosts for the dsDNA phaeoviruses (family Phycodnaviridae) that
Dean A. McKeown +9 more
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Giant Viruses as a Source of Novel Enzymes for Biotechnological Application [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 The global demand for industrial enzymes has been increasing in recent years, and the search for new sources of these biological products is intense, especially in microorganisms.
Ellen Gonçalves de Oliveira +6 more
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bioRxiv, 2022 This study approaches a high rate algal pond (HRAP) culture by metagenomic sequencing of the viral DNA fraction, this includes the so-called giant virus fraction (phylum Nucleocytoviricota), with the goal of revealing viruses coexisting within an ...
E. Chase +4 more
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Active viral infection during blooms of a dinoflagellate indicates dinoflagellate-viral co-adaptation. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2023 Viruses are generally believed to cause cell mortality and terminate algal blooms. However, how the dinoflagellate-virus interaction shapes the dynamics of host dinoflagellate blooms remains poorly understood.
Wang J, Li L, Lin S.
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Exploring nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses in Tara Oceans microbial metagenomes [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2013 Nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) constitute a group of eukaryotic viruses that can have crucial ecological roles in the sea by accelerating the turnover of their unicellular hosts or by causing diseases in animals. To better characterize the
Acinas, Silvia G. +27 more
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Virome diversity of Hyalomma dromedarii ticks collected from camels in the United Arab Emirates [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2023 Background and Aim: Viruses are important components of the microbiome of ticks. Ticks are capable of transmitting several serious viral diseases to humans and animals.
Nighat Perveen +5 more
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A Pelagic Microbiome (Viruses to Protists) from a Small Cup of Seawater [PDF]
Viruses, 2017 The aquatic microbiome is composed of a multi-phylotype community of microbes, ranging from the numerically dominant viruses to the phylogenetically diverse unicellular phytoplankton.
Flavia Flaviani +7 more
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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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Marine and giant viruses as indicators of a marine microbial community in a riverine system [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2016 Viral communities are important for ecosystem function as they are involved in critical biogeochemical cycles and controlling host abundance. This study investigates riverine viral communities around a small rural town that influences local water inputs.
Lisa M. Dann +7 more
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