Deciphering viral presences: two novel partial giant viruses detected in marine metagenome and in a mine drainage metagenome

Abstract Nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses are doubled stranded DNA viruses capable of infecting eukaryotic cells. Since the discovery of Mimivirus and Pandoravirus, there has been no doubt about their extraordinary features compared to “classic” viruses. Recently, we reported the expansion of th...

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Main Authors: Julien Andreani, Jonathan Verneau, Didier Raoult, Anthony Levasseur, Bernard La Scola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-018-0976-9