A Giant Virus in Amoebae
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée · +1 more institution
Abstract
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
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 20.50
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- 100%
- References
- 5
Authors
9- BLBernard La Scola
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée
- SAStéphane Audic
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Theories and Approaches of Genomic Complexity
- CRCatherine Robert
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée
- JLJungang Liang
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée
- XDXavier de Lamballerie
Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée
Topics & keywords
- Giant Virus
- Biology
- Virus
- Amoeba (genus)
- Virology
- Microbiology
- Genetics
- Gene
- Clean water and sanitation