Viral dynamics in a high-rate algal pond reveals a burst of Phycodnaviridae diversity correlated with episodic algal mortality [PDF]
mBioThis study explores virus-host dynamics in a unique environment: an industrial high-rate algal pond (HRAP). A wealth of novel DNA algal viruses are revealed, including members of Nucleocytoviricota “giant viruses” and the enigmatic Preplasmiviricota (e.g.
E. E. Chase +7 more
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High-Level Diversity of Tailed Phages, Eukaryote-Associated Viruses, and Virophage-Like Elements in the Metaviromes of Antarctic Soils [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014 The metaviromes of two distinct Antarctic hyperarid desert soil communities have been characterized. Hypolithic communities, cyanobacterium-dominated assemblages situated on the ventral surfaces of quartz pebbles embedded in the desert pavement, showed
Olivier Zablocki +6 more
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Evolutionary Dynamics of Giant Viruses and their Virophages [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2013 Giant viruses contain large genomes, encode many proteins atypical for viruses, replicate in large viral factories, and tend to infect protists. The giant virus replication factories can in turn be infected by so called virophages, which are smaller ...
Anderson +39 more
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Virophages of Giant Viruses: An Update at Eleven [PDF]
Viruses, 2019 The last decade has been marked by two eminent discoveries that have changed our perception of the virology field: The discovery of giant viruses and a distinct new class of viral agents that parasitize their viral factories, the virophages.
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A new Zamilon-like virophage partial genome assembled from a bioreactor metagenome
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Virophages replicate within viral factories inside the Acanthamoeba cytoplasm, and decrease the infectivity and replication of their associated giant viruses.
Meriem eBekliz +8 more
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A systematic approach to cancer: evolution beyond selection. [PDF]
Clinical and Translational Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 1, December 2017., 2017 Cancer is typically scrutinized as a pathological process characterized by chromosomal aberrations and clonal expansion subject to stochastic Darwinian selection within adaptive cellular ecosystems.
Miller, William B, Torday, John S
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Complex transcriptional regulations of a hyperparasitic quadripartite system in giant viruses infecting protists [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsHyperparasitism is a common pattern in nature that is not limited to cellular organisms. Giant viruses infecting protists can be hyperparasitized by smaller ones named virophages.
Alexandra Bessenay +8 more
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Genome diversity of marine phages recovered from Mediterranean metagenomes: Size matters. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2017 Marine viruses play a critical role not only in the global geochemical cycles but also in the biology and evolution of their hosts. Despite their importance, viral diversity remains underexplored mostly due to sampling and cultivation challenges.
Mario López-Pérez +4 more
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Large-scale invasion of unicellular eukaryotic genomes by integrating DNA viruses. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Eukaryotic genomes contain a variety of endogenous viral elements (EVEs), which are mostly derived from RNA and ssDNA viruses that are no longer functional and are considered to be “genomic fossils.” Genomic surveys of EVEs, however, are strongly biased ...
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Broad spectrum of mimiviridae virophage allows its isolation using a mimivirus reporter. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The giant virus Mimiviridae family includes 3 groups of viruses: group A (includes Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus), group B (includes Moumouvirus) and group C (includes Megavirus chilensis).
Morgan Gaia +5 more
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