Diversity and Distribution of a Novel Genus of Hyperthermophilic Aquificae Viruses Encoding a Proof-reading Family-A DNA Polymerase
M. Palmer, B. P. Hedlund, S. Roux, P. Tsourkas, R. K. Doss, C. Stamereilers, A. Mehta, J. A. Dodsworth, M. Lodes, S. Monsma, T. Glavina del Rio, T. W. Schoenfeld, E. A. Eloe-Fadrosh, D. A. Mead
The paper describes novel hyperthermophilic Aquificae viruses with unique genomic features and proposes a new genus based on their distinct replication strategy and gene-sharing networks.
bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2020Microbiology