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Open questions in the social lives of viruses

Journal 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, Lisa M. Bono, Elizabeth A. Ampolini, Lucas S. Souza, Thomas Höfler, Courtney L. Mattson, Anna E. Dye, Samuel L. Díaz‐Muñoz   +7 more
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Metabolic reconstruction of the near complete microbiome of the model sponge Ianthella basta

Environmental 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, Steven J. Robbins, Craig W. Herbold, Florian U. Moeller, Nico Jehmlich, Patrick W. Laffy, Michael Wagner, Nicole S. Webster   +7 more
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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

BioMed 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, Amir Abdoli, Arman Rostamzad, Mahmoud Rashnavadi, Razi Naserifar, Jahangir Abdi, Morteza Shams, Arezoo Bozorgomid, Sepideh Saeb, Dhurgham Al-Fahad, Kosar Khezri, Shahab Falahi, Shibiao Wan   +12 more
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Bacteriophages pass through candle‐shaped porous ceramic filters: Application for the collection of viruses in soil water

MicrobiologyOpen, 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, Henry‐Michel Cauchie, Malte Herold, Leslie Ogorzaly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virophage infection mode determines ecological and evolutionary changes in a host-virus-virophage system. [PDF]

ISME J
Abstract Giant viruses can control their eukaryotic host populations, shaping the ecology and evolution of aquatic microbial communities. Understanding the impact of the viruses’ own parasites, the virophages, on the control of microbial communities remains a challenge. Most virophages have two modes of infection.
Del Arco A, Becks L.
europepmc   +3 more sources

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

Ecology 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, Christina Skirgaila, Oliver Y. Martin, Claudia C. Buser   +3 more
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Ancient saltern metagenomics: tracking changes in microbes and their viruses from the underground to the surface

Environmental 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, Tomeu Viver, Ane Zabaleta, Ece Senel, María Gomariz, Iñaki Antigüedad, Fernando Santos, Manuel Martínez‐García, Ramon Rosselló‐Móra, Josefa Antón   +9 more
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The Expanding Family of Virophages [PDF]

Viruses, 2016
Virophages replicate with giant viruses in the same eukaryotic cells. They are a major component of the specific mobilome of mimiviruses. Since their discovery in 2008, five other representatives have been isolated, 18 new genomes have been described, two of which being nearly completely sequenced, and they have been classified in a new viral family ...
Bekliz, Meriem, Colson, Philippe, La Scola, Bernard   +2 more
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Structural Studies of the Sputnik Virophage [PDF]

Journal of Virology, 2010
ABSTRACT The virophage Sputnik is a satellite virus of the giant mimivirus and is the only satellite virus reported to date whose propagation adversely affects its host virus' production. Genome sequence analysis showed that Sputnik has genes related to viruses infecting all three domains of life. Here, we report structural studies of Sputnik,
Sun, S. Y., La Scola, B., Bowman, V. D., Ryan, C. M., Whitelegge, J. P., /Raoult, Didier, Rossmann, M. G.   +6 more
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Inside the Lifestyle of the Virophage [PDF]

Intervirology, 2010
<i>Objective(s):</i> We sought to better characterize Sputnik, the first isolated virophage, and to analyze its parasitic lifestyle during co-infection with Marseillevirus (a new giant virus) in <i>Acanthamoeba castellanii</i>. <i>Methods:</i> A combination of electron microscopy, immunofluorescence microscopy, and ...
Desnues, Christelle, Raoult, Didier
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