Article
Diversity and evolution of the emerging Pandoraviridae family.
Nature communications - 11 Jun 2018
Legendre Matthieu, Fabre Elisabeth, Poirot Olivier, Jeudy Sandra, Lartigue Audrey, Alempic Jean-Marie, Beucher Laure, Philippe Nadège, Bertaux Lionel, Christo-Foroux Eugène, Labadie Karine, Couté Yohann, Abergel Chantal, Claverie Jean-Michel
Abstract excerpt
With DNA genomes reaching 2.5 Mb packed in particles of bacterium-like shape and dimension, the first two Acanthamoeba-infecting pandoraviruses remained up to now the most complex viruses since their discovery in 2013. Our isolation of three new strains from distant locations and environments is now used to perform the first comparative genomics analysis of the emerging worldwide-distributed Pandoraviridae...
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