Amoebae as genitors and reservoirs of giant viruses

Intervirology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 321-329

  Raoult, Didier ^a   Boyer, Mickael ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Giant viruses; Marseillevirus; Mimiviruses; Phagocytic protist; Rhizome of life; Virophage

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); COCULTURE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME SIZE; GIANT VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; METAGENOMICS; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; REVIEW; RHIZOME; VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MIMIVIRUS; PROTISTA;

EID: 77953708302     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312917     Document Type: Review

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