Samba virus: A novel mimivirus from a giant rain forest, the Brazilian Amazon

Virology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Campos, Rafael K ^a   Boratto, Paulo V ^a   Assis, Felipe L ^a   Aguiar, Eric R G R ^a   Silva, Lorena C F ^a   Albarnaz, Jonas D ^a   Dornas, Fabio P ^a   Trindade, Giliane S ^a   Ferreira, Paulo P ^a   Marques, João T ^a   Robert, Catherine ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Kroon, Erna G ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^b   Abrahão, Jônatas S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; DNA virus; Giant virus; Mimiviridae; NCLDV; Virophage

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AMAZONA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RAIN FOREST; SAMBA VIRUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIROPHAGE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MORPHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIMIVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; RIVER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS DNA;

BRAZIL; DNA, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIMIVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRION;

EID: 84900825962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-11-95     Document Type: Article

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