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A major lineage of non-tailed dsDNA viruses as unrecognized killers of marine bacteria

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  • Kathryn M. Kauffman

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Fatima A. Hussain

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Joy Yang

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Philip Arevalo

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Julia M. Brown

    (Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

  • William K. Chang

    (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

  • David VanInsberghe

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Joseph Elsherbini

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Radhey S. Sharma

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    University of Delhi)

  • Michael B. Cutler

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Libusha Kelly

    (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

  • Martin F. Polz

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Members of a family of marine dsDNA non-tailed bacterial viruses have short, 10-kb genomes, infect a broader range of hosts than tailed viruses and belong to the double jelly roll capsid lineage of viruses, which are associated with diverse bacterial and archaeal hosts.

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  • Kathryn M. Kauffman & Fatima A. Hussain & Joy Yang & Philip Arevalo & Julia M. Brown & William K. Chang & David VanInsberghe & Joseph Elsherbini & Radhey S. Sharma & Michael B. Cutler & Libusha Kelly , 2018. "A major lineage of non-tailed dsDNA viruses as unrecognized killers of marine bacteria," Nature, Nature, vol. 554(7690), pages 118-122, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:554:y:2018:i:7690:d:10.1038_nature25474
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25474
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