High-throughput isolation of giant viruses of the Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae families in the Tunisian environment

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2000-2007

  Boughalmi, Mondher ^a   Saadi, Hanene ^a   Pagnier, Isabelle ^a   Colson, Philippe ^a   Fournous, Ghislain ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA VIRUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIMIVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; TUNISIA; VIROLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CAPSID PROTEINS; DNA VIRUSES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MIMIVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; TUNISIA; VIROLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIMIVIRUS;

EID: 84880042318     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12068     Document Type: Article

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