A major lineage of non-tailed dsDNA viruses as unrecognized killers of marine bacteria

Kathryn M. Kauffman, Fatima A. Hussain, Joy Yang, Philip Arevalo, Julia M. Brown, William K. Chang, David VanInsberghe, Joseph Elsherbini, Radhey S. Sharma, Michael B. Cutler, Libusha Kelly () and Martin F. Polz ()
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Kathryn M. Kauffman: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fatima A. Hussain: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joy Yang: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philip Arevalo: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Julia M. Brown: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
William K. Chang: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
David VanInsberghe: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joseph Elsherbini: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Radhey S. Sharma: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael B. Cutler: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Libusha Kelly: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Martin F. Polz: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature, 2018, vol. 554, issue 7690, 118-122

Abstract: Members of a family of marine dsDNA non-tailed bacterial viruses have short, 10-kb genomes, infect a broader range of hosts than tailed viruses and belong to the double jelly roll capsid lineage of viruses, which are associated with diverse bacterial and archaeal hosts.

Date: 2018
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