Unique nucleocytoplasmic dsDNA and +ssRNA viruses are associated with the dinoflagellate endosymbionts of corals

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-27

  Correa, Adrienne M S ^a,b   Welsh, Rory M ^a,b   Vega Thurber, Rebecca L ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coral reef; Heterocapsa circularisquama RNA virus (HcRNAV); nuclear cytoplasmic large DNA virus (NCLDV); Phycodnaviridae; Symbiodinium; virome

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; DIVERGENCE; DNA; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DECLINE; RNA; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA VIRUS; SYMBIOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; HUMANS; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RNA VIRUSES; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; HETEROCAPSA CIRCULARISQUAMA RNA VIRUS; HETEROCAPSA CIRCULARISQUAMA VIRUS 01; MIRIDAE; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84871399303     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.75     Document Type: Article

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