Diversity and Distribution Characteristics of Viruses from Soda Lakes. [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 2023 Viruses are the most abundant living things and a source of genetic variation. Despite recent research, we know little about their biodiversity and geographic distribution.
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The Phycodnaviridae: the story of how tiny giants rule the world. [PDF]
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 2009 The family Phycodnaviridae encompasses a diverse and rapidly expanding collection of large icosahedral, dsDNA viruses that infect algae. These lytic and lysogenic viruses have genomes ranging from 160 to 560 kb. The family consists of six genera based initially on host range and supported by sequence comparisons.
W. H. Wilson, J. Etten, M. Allen
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GENETIC EXCHANGES OF INTEINS BETWEEN PRASINOVIRUSES (PHYCODNAVIRIDAE) [PDF]
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution, 2013 Phylogenetic diversity in the Phycodnaviridae (double-stranded DNA viruses infecting photosynthetic eukaryotes) is most often studied using their DNA polymerase gene (PolB). This gene and its translated protein product can harbor a selfish genetic element called an "intein" that disrupts the sequence of the host gene without affecting its activity ...
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Detection of inteins among diverse DNA polymerase genes of uncultivated members of the Phycodnaviridae [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2009 Abstract Viruses in the family Phycodnaviridae infect autotrophic protists in aquatic environments. Application of a PCR assay targeting the DNA polymerase of viruses in this family has revealed that phycodnaviruses are quite diverse and appear to be widespread, but a limited number of environments have been examined so far.
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Chlorovirus: a genus of Phycodnaviridae that infects certain chlorella-like green algae.
Molecular Plant Pathology, 2005 SUMMARY Taxonomy: Chlorella viruses are assigned to the family Phycodnaviridae, genus Chlorovirus , and are divided into three species: Chlorella NC64A viruses, Chlorella Pbi
Ming Kang, D. Dunigan, J. V. Van Etten
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Unveiling of the Diversity of Prasinoviruses (Phycodnaviridae) in Marine Samples by Using High-Throughput Sequencing Analyses of PCR-Amplified DNA Polymerase and Major Capsid Protein Genes [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014 ABSTRACT Viruses strongly influence the ecology and evolution of their eukaryotic hosts in the marine environment, but little is known about their diversity and distribution. Prasinoviruses infect an abundant and widespread class of phytoplankton, the Mamiellophyceae, and thereby exert a specific and important role in microbial ...
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Members of the Phycodnaviridae Virus Family, Using Amplified Fragments of the Major Capsid Protein Gene [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008 ABSTRACT Algal viruses are considered ecologically important by affecting host population dynamics and nutrient flow in aquatic food webs. Members of the family Phycodnaviridae are also interesting due to their extraordinary genome size.
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Identification of Freshwater Phycodnaviridae and Their Potential Phytoplankton Hosts, Using DNA pol Sequence Fragments and a Genetic-Distance Analysis [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008 ABSTRACT Viruses that infect phytoplankton are an important component of aquatic ecosystems, yet in lakes they remain largely unstudied. In order to investigate viruses ( Phycodnaviridae ) infecting eukaryotic phytoplankton in lakes and to estimate the number of potential host species, samples were ...
J. Clasen, C. Suttle
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The GC% landscape of the Nucleocytoviricota. [PDF]
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Diversity and Ecological Potentials of Marine Viruses Inhabiting Continental Shelf Seas. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)To the best of the knowledge, this study provides the largest viral genome dataset from a continental shelf sea. It reveals that over half of vOTUs are novel, highlighting the remarkable viral novelty in the eastern continental shelf seas of China (ECSSC).
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