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Strain-level diversity of giant viruses infecting chlorarachniophyte algae in the subtropical North Pacific.
The ISME journal - 14 Jan 2026
Schön Max Emil, Schvarcz Christopher R, Malkewitz Silja V, Hinner Fanny C, Koslová Anna, Mersdorf Ulrike, Schimm Fiona, Rickert Sebastian, Pozhydaieva Nadiia, McBeain Kelsey, Hackl Thomas, Schneider Alina Cosima, Barenhoff Karina, Höfer Katharina, Edwards Kyle F, Steward Grieg F, Fischer Matthias G
Abstract excerpt
Giant DNA viruses are ubiquitous among unicellular eukaryotes and occur in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Despite intense metagenomic data mining, their strain-level diversity remains largely unexplored. Here we introduce a model system comprising four isolates of a giant virus called ChlorV, which infects marine microalgae of the class Chlorarachniophyceae (Rhizaria) from station ALOHA,...
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