• Virus Genomes from Deep Sea Sediments Expand the Ocean Megavirome and Support Independent Origins of Viral Gigantism 

      Bäckström, Disa; Yutin, Natalya; Jørgensen, Steffen Leth; Dharamshi, Jennah; Homa, Felix; Zaremba-Niedwiedzka, Katarzyna; Spang, Anja; Wolf, Yuri I.; Koonin, Eugene V.; Ettema, Thijs J.G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) of eukaryotes (proposed order, “Megavirales”) include the families Poxviridae, Asfarviridae, Iridoviridae, Ascoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Marseilleviridae, and Mimiviridae, ...