MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
A giant virus with a 4-megabase genome and a vastly expanded repeatome.
Julien Andréani, Miguel F. Romero, Sofia medvedeva…·Bernard LA SCOLA
The paper describes Sissivirus, a giant virus with a 4-megabase genome and a large repeatome, identifying repeat accumulation as a key driver of its genome expansion.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.17.759319