Nature Communications (Jun 2018)
Diversity and evolution of the emerging Pandoraviridae family
- Matthieu Legendre,
- Elisabeth Fabre,
- Olivier Poirot,
- Sandra Jeudy,
- Audrey Lartigue,
- Jean-Marie Alempic,
- Laure Beucher,
- Nadège Philippe,
- Lionel Bertaux,
- Eugène Christo-Foroux,
- Karine Labadie,
- Yohann Couté,
- Chantal Abergel,
- Jean-Michel Claverie
Affiliations
- Matthieu Legendre
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Elisabeth Fabre
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Olivier Poirot
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Sandra Jeudy
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Audrey Lartigue
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Jean-Marie Alempic
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Laure Beucher
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Inserm, BIG-BGE
- Nadège Philippe
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Lionel Bertaux
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Eugène Christo-Foroux
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Karine Labadie
- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, Centre National de Séquençage
- Yohann Couté
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Inserm, BIG-BGE
- Chantal Abergel
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- Jean-Michel Claverie
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04698-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Giant viruses are visible by light microscopy and have unusually long genomes. Here, the authors report three new members of the Pandoraviridae family and investigate their evolution and diversity.
