A Giant Virus in Amoebae

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 28 Mar 2003 English Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 299, pages 2,033-2,033 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

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Authors: Bernard, La Scola; Stéphane, Audic; Catherine, Robert; Liang, Jungang; Xavier, de Lamballerie; Michel, Drancourt; Richard, Birtles; +2 Authors

doi: 10.1126/science.1081867

pmid: 12663918

A Giant Virus in Amoebae

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During a study following a pneumonia outbreak in 1992, a microorganism growing in amoebae and resembling a small Gram-positive coccus ([Fig. 1][1]A) was isolated from the water of a cooling tower in Bradford, England. Despite attempts with various extraction protocols and low-stringency polymerase

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Keywords

Open Reading Frames, Viral Proteins, DNA, Viral, DNA Viruses, Animals, Acanthamoeba, Genome, Viral, DNA, Circular, Phylogeny

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