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Single Cell Micro-aspiration as an Alternative Strategy to Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting for Giant Virus Mixture Separation
Published on: October 27, 2019
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Infección criptográfica de un virus gigante en una alga verde unicelular
Maria P Erazo-Garcia1, Uri Sheyn1, Zachary K Barth1
1Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Resumen
Los virus gigantes pueden entrar en un estado latente, integrándose en los genomas del huésped. Este estudio revela un gran virus gigante templado en las algas, lo que sugiere que la latencia es común en los ecosistemas naturales.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Virología
- Microbiología
- La genómica
Sus antecedentes:
- La latencia es una estrategia viral conocida, pero su papel en los virus gigantes no está claro.
- Los virus gigantes infectan a diversos huéspedes, incluidos los eucariotas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la latencia del virus gigante en las algas verdes.
- Para caracterizar el genoma viral gigante y sus elementos.
Principales métodos:
- Secuenciación de larga lectura para resolver el genoma viral integrado.
- Análisis bioinformático para identificar genes y elementos virales.
- Microscopia y análisis de la fase de crecimiento para estudiar la acumulación de partículas virales.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificó un elemento viral gigante integrado de 617 kbp en C. reinhardtii.
- Se encontraron elementos transponibles que codifican una integrasa parecida a un polintovirus y una nucleasa Fanzor.
- Partículas virales acumuladas durante la fase de crecimiento estacionario.
- aislamientos de campo de Chlamydomonas spp. mostraron evidencia de virus endógenos gigantes relacionados.
Conclusiones:
- La latencia del virus gigante se describe en un eucariota unicelular, expandiendo el conocimiento de las infecciones virales crípticas.
- Los hallazgos sugieren que la latencia del virus gigante prevalece en las comunidades de huéspedes naturales.
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