A mysterious 80 nm amoeba virus with a near-complete "ORFan genome" challenges the classification of DNA viruses
P. V. M. Boratto, G. P. Oliveira, T. B. Machado, A. C. S. P. Andrade, J.-P. Baudoin, T. Klose, F. Schulz, S. Azza, P. Decloquement, E. Chabriere, P. Colson, A. Levasseur, B. La Scola, J. S. Abrahao
The paper describes the discovery of Yaravirus, a new amoeba virus with a near-complete ORFan genome, challenging existing DNA virus classifications.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jun 29, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology