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Herpes-type virus particles associated with a fungus
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 25, 1972
Abstract:
A cultutre of the fungus Thraustochytrium, isolated from an estuary, was infected by ani enveloped virus. The nucleocapsid measured 110 nanometers in diameter and containied a core of DNA. The virus replicated in the nucleus. These findings stronigly suggest that the particles are a herpes-type virus.