Fifteen Marseilleviruses Newly Isolated From Three Water Samples in Japan Reveal Local Diversity of Marseilleviridae

Fifteen Marseilleviruses Newly Isolated From Three Water Samples in Japan Reveal Local Diversity of Marseilleviridae

The family Marseilleviridae, defined as a group of icosahedral double-stranded DNA viruses with particle size of approximately 250 nm and genome size of 350–380 kbp, belongs to the nucleo-cytoplasmic family of large DNA viruses. The family Marseilleviridae is currently classified into lineages A–E....

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Main Authors: Keita Aoki, Reika Hagiwara, Motohiro Akashi, Kenta Sasaki, Kazuyoshi Murata, Hiroyuki Ogata, Masaharu Takemura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
giant viruses
family Marseilleviridae
phylogenetic analysis
major capsid protein
nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA virus
isolation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01152/full

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