Diversity of Virophages in Metagenomic Data Sets [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2013 ABSTRACT Virophages, e.g., Sputnik, Mavirus, and Organic Lake virophage (OLV), are unusual parasites of giant double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses, yet little is known about their diversity. Here, we describe the global distribution, abundance, and genetic diversity of virophages based on analyzing and mapping comprehensive metagenomic
Zhou, J. +7 more
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The Virophage Family Lavidaviridae [PDF]
Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2018 Double-stranded (ds) DNA viruses of the family Lavidaviridae, commonly known as virophages, are a fascinating group of eukaryotic viruses that depend on a coinfecting giant dsDNA virus of the Mimiviridae for their propagation. Instead of replicating in the nucleus, virophages multiply in the cytoplasmic virion factory of a coinfecting giant virus ...
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Conservation of major and minor jelly-roll capsid proteins in Polinton (Maverick) transposons suggests that they are bona fide viruses [PDF]
, 2014 Peer ...
Bamford, Dennis H. +2 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]
, 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
Adriaenssens, Evelien M. +6 more
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Corrigendum: Genome and Environmental Activity of a Chrysochromulina parva Virus and Its Virophages [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Joshua M. A. Stough +10 more
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Harnessing engineered virophages: a novel frontier against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. [PDF]
Ann Med Surg (Lond)Talha M, Khalid M, Jafar HM, Waafira A.
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Natural solution to antibiotic resistance: bacteriophages ‘The Living Drugs’ [PDF]
, 2014 Antibiotics have been a panacea in animal husbandry as well as in human therapy for decades. The huge amount of antibiotics used to induce the growth and protect the health of farm animals has lead to the evolution of bacteria that are resistant to the ...
Richard G. Limoges, Sabah A. A. Jassim
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Disentangling the origins of virophages and polintons [PDF]
Current Opinion in Virology, 2017 Virophages and polintons are part of a complex system that also involves eukaryotes, giant viruses, as well as other viruses and transposable elements. Virophages are cosmopolitan, being found in environments ranging from the Amazon River to Antarctic hypersaline lakes, while polintons are found in many single celled and multicellular eukaryotes ...
Campbell, S, Aswad, A, Katzourakis, A
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Characterisation of host growth after infection with a broad-range freshwater cyanopodophage [PDF]
, 2014 Freshwater cyanophages are poorly characterised in comparison to their marine counterparts, however, the level of genetic diversity that exists in freshwater cyanophage communities is likely to exceed that found in marine environments, due to the habitat
Hayes, Paul +3 more
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Genome diversity of marine phages recovered from Mediterranean metagenomes: Size matters [PDF]
, 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.
González-Serrano, Rafael +4 more
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