A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae
The discovery of infectious particles that challenge conventional thoughts concerning “what is a virus” has led to the evolution a new field of study in the past decade. Here, we review knowledge and information concerning “giant viruses”, with a focus not only on some of the best studied systems, b...
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| author | Steven W. Wilhelm Jordan T. Bird Kyle S. Bonifer Benjamin C. Calfee Tian Chen Samantha R. Coy P. Jackson Gainer Eric R. Gann Huston T. Heatherly Jasper Lee Xiaolong Liang Jiang Liu April C. Armes Mohammad Moniruzzaman J. Hunter Rice Joshua M. A. Stough Robert N. Tams Evan P. Williams Gary R. LeCleir |
| author_facet | Steven W. Wilhelm Jordan T. Bird Kyle S. Bonifer Benjamin C. Calfee Tian Chen Samantha R. Coy P. Jackson Gainer Eric R. Gann Huston T. Heatherly Jasper Lee Xiaolong Liang Jiang Liu April C. Armes Mohammad Moniruzzaman J. Hunter Rice Joshua M. A. Stough Robert N. Tams Evan P. Williams Gary R. LeCleir |
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| description | The discovery of infectious particles that challenge conventional thoughts concerning “what is a virus” has led to the evolution a new field of study in the past decade. Here, we review knowledge and information concerning “giant viruses”, with a focus not only on some of the best studied systems, but also provide an effort to illuminate systems yet to be better resolved. We conclude by demonstrating that there is an abundance of new host–virus systems that fall into this “giant” category, demonstrating that this field of inquiry presents great opportunities for future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c07ba974baa4d85bf9fe3d7bb5057bd2022-12-22T02:33:20ZengMDPI AGViruses1999-49152017-03-01934610.3390/v9030046v9030046A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to ZooxanthellaeSteven W. Wilhelm0Jordan T. Bird1Kyle S. Bonifer2Benjamin C. Calfee3Tian Chen4Samantha R. Coy5P. Jackson Gainer6Eric R. Gann7Huston T. Heatherly8Jasper Lee9Xiaolong Liang10Jiang Liu11April C. Armes12Mohammad Moniruzzaman13J. Hunter Rice14Joshua M. A. Stough15Robert N. Tams16Evan P. Williams17Gary R. LeCleir18The Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAThe discovery of infectious particles that challenge conventional thoughts concerning “what is a virus” has led to the evolution a new field of study in the past decade. Here, we review knowledge and information concerning “giant viruses”, with a focus not only on some of the best studied systems, but also provide an effort to illuminate systems yet to be better resolved. We conclude by demonstrating that there is an abundance of new host–virus systems that fall into this “giant” category, demonstrating that this field of inquiry presents great opportunities for future research.http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/3/46giant virusesnucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs)Mimiviridae |
| spellingShingle | Steven W. Wilhelm Jordan T. Bird Kyle S. Bonifer Benjamin C. Calfee Tian Chen Samantha R. Coy P. Jackson Gainer Eric R. Gann Huston T. Heatherly Jasper Lee Xiaolong Liang Jiang Liu April C. Armes Mohammad Moniruzzaman J. Hunter Rice Joshua M. A. Stough Robert N. Tams Evan P. Williams Gary R. LeCleir A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae Viruses giant viruses nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) Mimiviridae |
| title | A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae |
| title_full | A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae |
| title_fullStr | A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae |
| title_short | A Student’s Guide to Giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae |
| title_sort | student s guide to giant viruses infecting small eukaryotes from acanthamoeba to zooxanthellae |
| topic | giant viruses nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) Mimiviridae |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/3/46 |
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