A student’s guide to giant viruses infecting small eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae

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

doi:10.3390/v9030046

A student’s guide to giant viruses infecting small eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae

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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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	46
Journal	Viruses
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/v9030046
State	Published - Mar 17 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Giant viruses
Mimiviridae
Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs)

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Wilhelm, S. W., Bird, J. T., Bonifer, K. S., Calfee, B. C., Chen, T., Coy, S. R., Jackson Gainer, P., Gann, E. R., Heatherly, H. T., Lee, J., Liang, X., Liu, J., Armes, A. C., Moniruzzaman, M., Hunter Rice, J., Stough, J. M. A., Tams, R. N., Williams, E. P., & Lecleir, G. R. (2017). A student’s guide to giant viruses infecting small eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae. Viruses, 9(3), Article 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9030046

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