Amoebas as mimivirus bunkers: Increased resistance to UV light, heat and chemical biocides when viruses are carried by amoeba hosts

Archives of Virology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1039-1043

  Boratto, Paulo V M ^a   Dornas, Fábio P ^a   Andrade, Kétyllen R ^a   Rodrigues, Rodrigo ^a   Peixoto, Felipe ^a   Silva, Lorena C F ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^b   Costa, Adriana Oliveira ^a   de Almeida, Gabriel Magno Freitas ^a   Kroon, Erna G ^a   Abrahão, Jônatas S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA MIMIVIRUS; AMOEBA (GENUS); MIMIVIRUS; PROTISTA;

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEAT; MIMIVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIROLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; DISINFECTANTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MIMIVIRIDAE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84899992816     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-013-1924-z     Document Type: Article

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