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Broad spectrum of mimiviridae virophage allows its isolation using a mimivirus reporter. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Open questions in the social lives of viruses

open access: yesJournal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 36, Issue 11, Page 1551-1567, November 2023., 2023
Social interactions among viruses are diverse and pervasive, with the potential to affect every stage of the viral lifecycle. Here, we explore some of the challenges and opportunities that these interactions present for evolutionary biology. Abstract Social interactions among viruses occur whenever multiple viral genomes infect the same cells, hosts ...
Asher Leeks   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabolic reconstruction of the near complete microbiome of the model sponge Ianthella basta

open access: yesEnvironmental Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 3, Page 646-660, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Many marine sponges host highly diverse microbiomes that contribute to various aspects of host health. Although the putative function of individual groups of sponge symbionts has been increasingly described, the extreme diversity has generally precluded in‐depth characterization of entire microbiomes, including identification of syntrophic ...
Joan Pamela Engelberts   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presence of CRISPR CAS‐Like Sequences as a Proposed Mechanism for Horizontal Genetic Exchanges between Trichomonas vaginalis and Its Associated Virus: A Comparative Genomic Analysis with the First Report of a Putative CRISPR CAS Structures in Eukaryotic Cells

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Introduction. Trichomonas vaginalis genome is among the largest genome size and coding capacities. Combinations of gene duplications, transposon, repeated sequences, and lateral gene transfers (LGTs) have contributed to the unexpected large genomic size and diversity. This study is aimed at investigating genomic exchange and seeking for presence of the
Azra Kenarkoohi   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virophages and retrotransposons colonize the genomes of a heterotrophic flagellate

open access: yeseLife, 2021
Virophages can parasitize giant DNA viruses and may provide adaptive anti-giant virus defense in unicellular eukaryotes. Under laboratory conditions, the virophage mavirus integrates into the nuclear genome of the marine flagellate Cafeteria burkhardae ...
Thomas Hackl   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacteriophages pass through candle‐shaped porous ceramic filters: Application for the collection of viruses in soil water

open access: yesMicrobiologyOpen, Volume 11, Issue 5, October 2022., 2022
This study proposes to use porous candles as a new tool for collecting soil water viruses. In the first step, the passage of model viruses through the ceramic part of the candles was investigated. Regarding the field application, the experiments carried out showed a successful recovery of viruses, demonstrating the relevance and efficiency of such a ...
Perrine Florent   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infection by dsRNA viruses is associated with enhanced sporulation efficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2022., 2022
Sporulation in yeast is induced by starvation; resource exploitation by endosymbiont should induce earlier sporulation. We find that the presence of two dsRNA viruses is linked to enhanced sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, further research is required to determine whether high sporulation leads to infection or infection leads to higher ...
Thomas J. Travers Cook   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simultaneous Giant Virus and Virophage Quantification Using Droplet Digital PCR

open access: yesViruses, 2022
Viruses are an abundant component of aquatic systems, but their detection and quantification remain a challenge. Virophages co-replicate with giant viruses in the shared host cell, and can inhibit the production of new giant virus particles, thereby ...
Ana del Arco   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ancient saltern metagenomics: tracking changes in microbes and their viruses from the underground to the surface

open access: yesEnvironmental Microbiology, Volume 23, Issue 7, Page 3477-3498, July 2021., 2021
Summary Microbial communities in hypersaline underground waters derive from ancient organisms trapped within the evaporitic salt crystals and are part of the poorly known subterranean biosphere. Here, we characterized the viral and prokaryotic assemblages present in the hypersaline springs that dissolve Triassic‐Keuper evaporite rocks and feed the ...
Mª Dolores Ramos‐Barbero   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zamilon, a novel virophage with Mimiviridae host specificity. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Virophages, which are potentially important ecological regulators, have been discovered in association with members of the order Megavirales. Sputnik virophages target the Mimiviridae, Mavirus was identified with the Cafeteria roenbergensis virus, and ...
Morgan Gaia   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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