New Brazilian giant viruses isolation from environmental samples using a panel of protozoa.

New Brazilian giant viruses isolation from environmental samples using a panel of protozoa.

The Megavirales are a newly described order capable of infecting different types of eukaryotic hosts. For the most part, the natural host is unknown. Several methods have been used to detect these viruses, with large discrepancies between molecular methods and co-cultures. To isolate giant viruses,...

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Main Authors: Fábio Pio Dornas, Jacques Yaacoub Bou Khalil, Isabelle ePagnier, Didier eRaoult, Jonatas eAbrahao, Bernard eLa Scola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Isolation
Mimivirus
giant virus
Megavirales
Marseillevirus
Pandoravirus
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01086/full

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