Viral metagenomics: Are we missing the giants?

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-43

  Halary, S ^a   Temmam, S ^a   Raoult, D ^a   Desnues, C ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); DNA VIRUS; FAUSTOVIRUS; MARSEILLEVIRIDAE; METAGENOMICS; MIMIVIRIDAE; NONHUMAN; PANDORAVIRIDAE; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; REVIEW; VIROPHAGE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GIANT VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS DNA;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GIANT VIRUSES; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS;

EID: 84956696379     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2016.01.005     Document Type: Review

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