Pithovirus sibericum, a new bona fide member of the “Fourth TRUC” club
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Summary
Phylogenetic and phyletic analyses clearly indicate that P. sibericum is a new bona fide member of the “Fourth TRUC” club composed of representatives of Megavirales, alongside Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
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- article
- Published
- 2015-08-04
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 66
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- Open access
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Keywords
Archaea, Biology, Phyletic gradualism, Phylogenetic tree, Gene
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- Mimivirus inaugurated in the 21st century the beginning of a reclassification of viruses.
- Giant viruses and the origin of modern eukaryotes.
- DNA repair genes in the Megavirales pangenome.
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- Giant Viruses of Amoebas: An Update
- The Expanding Family of Virophages
- Promoter Motifs in NCLDVs: An Evolutionary Perspective
- Free-Living Amoebae as Hosts for and Vectors of Intracellular Microorganisms with Public Health Significance
- Ubiquitous giants: a plethora of giant viruses found in Brazil and Antarctica
- Ancestrality and Mosaicism of Giant Viruses Supporting the Definition of the Fourth TRUC of Microbes
- Discovery and Further Studies on Giant Viruses at the IHU Mediterranee Infection That Modified the Perception of the Virosphere
- Protozoal giant viruses: agents potentially infectious to humans and animals
- Giant virus vs amoeba: fight for supremacy
- Rhizomal Reclassification of Living Organisms
- Metagenomic and metabolic analyses of poly-extreme microbiome from an active crater volcano lake.
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