Giant DNA Viruses Infecting Unicellular Protists

• Datum: 2023
• Hauptverfasser: Kyrychenko, A.M., Burkot, V.M., Shcherbatenko, I.S., Кириченко, А.М., Буркот, В.М., Щербатенко, І.С.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: English
• Veröffentlicht: PH "Akademperiodyka" of the NAS of Ukraine 2023
• Schlagworte: giant virus; protists; mimiviruses; Mimiviridae; гігантські віруси; протисти; мімівіруси
• Online Zugang: https://ojs.microbiolj.org.ua/index.php/mj/article/view/38
• Назва журналу: Microbiological Journal

Giant viruses (GV) are widespread in various ecosystems and ecological niches of the biosphere, most commonly in marine and freshwater aquatic ecosystems and soils. These viruses infect protists, a paraphyletic group of various unicellular, syncytial, and protozoan multicellular eukaryotes that are...