Kaumoebavirus, a New Virus That Clusters with Faustoviruses and Asfarviridae

Kaumoebavirus, a New Virus That Clusters with Faustoviruses and Asfarviridae

In this study, we report the isolation of a new giant virus found in sewage water from the southern area of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), with morphological and genomic resemblance to Faustoviruses. This new giant virus, named Kaumoebavirus, was obtained from co-culture with Vermamoeba vermiformis, an amoe...

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Main Authors: Leena H. Bajrai, Samia Benamar, Esam I. Azhar, Catherine Robert, Anthony Levasseur, Didier Raoult, Bernard La Scola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
Kaumoebavirus
Vermamoeba vermiformis
Faustoviruses
Asfarviruses
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/11/278

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