A Giant Virus in Amoebae
Abstract
During a study following a pneumonia outbreak in 1992, a microorganism growing in amoebae and resembling a small Gram-positive coccus ([Fig. 1][1]A) was isolated from the water of a cooling tower in Bradford, England. Despite attempts with various extraction protocols and low-stringency polymerase
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- Authors
- Scola, B. L., Audic, S., Robert, C., Jungang, L., de Lamballerie, X., Drancourt, M., Birtles, R., Claverie, J.-M., & Raoult, D.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, Marseille, France.
- Unité des Rickettsies, Universitéde la Méditerranée, CNRS UMR 6020, 13385 Marseille, France.
- Unité des virusémergents (UVE), Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille, France.
- Corresponding author
- Claverie, Jean-Michel
- Raoult, Didier
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2003-03-28
- Volume
- 299
- Issue
- 5615
- Pages
- 2033-2033
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2007093279
- Cited by
- 893
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 13.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Endocrinology › Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Keywords
- giant viruses, amoebae, Acanthamoeba, cooling tower water, pneumonia outbreak, virus isolation
- MeSH terms
- Acanthamoeba, Animals, DNA Viruses, DNA, Circular, DNA, Viral, Phylogeny, Viral Proteins, Open Reading Frames, Genome, Viral
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