Jumbo Phages: A Comparative Genomic Overview of Core Functions and Adaptions for Biological Conflicts

Jumbo phages have attracted much attention by virtue of their extraordinary genome size and unusual aspects of biology. By performing a comparative genomics analysis of 224 jumbo phages, we suggest an objective inclusion criterion based on genome size distributions and present a synthetic overview o...

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Main Authors: Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Vivek Anantharaman, Arunkumar Krishnan, A. Maxwell Burroughs, L. Aravind
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/1/63