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Giant viruses are known across eukaryotes. This study by @hyphaltip &co identifies Mycodnaviridae, a global giant #virus family that persistently infect zoosporic #fungi, providing a promising model for studying #giantVirus infection in eukaryotes.

https://plos.io/3Sq4ioL

🧬 Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-giant-dna-viruses-encode-eukaryote.html

#virus #microbes #molbio #translation #omics #genomics #giantvirus

🌌🦠 Cosmic origins unlocked? New giant virus “ushikuvirus” from amoebae holds ancient DNA clues to how complex life evolved—challenging theories on early cells. A science breakthrough rewriting biology! Read more: https://thedebrief.org/this-giant-virus-previously-unknown-to-science-may-help-unlock-the-mystery-of-lifes-origins/

@goodnews

#GoodNews #GiantVirus #LifeOrigins #ScienceDiscovery #EvolutionWin

Cryptic infection of a giant virus in a unicellular green alga.

#GiantVirus #Chlamydomonas #GreenAlgae #GiantEndogenousViralElements #GEVEs #LatentVirusInfection

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads6303

#PhD positions available in my group for Fall 2024 - projects focusing on #GiantVirus diversity and #evolution. Opportunities for both molecular wet-lab and #bioinformatics research.

The lab is fun, supportive, and inclusive, and we have many cool new viruses we are studying, so come join us!

Please boost and spread the word!

https://jobrxiv.org/job/virginia-tech-27778-funded-phd-position/

"... for generation of new substrate genes to facilitate intracellular growth in multiple amoebal species, there has been less selective pressure for the loss of genes. This is presumably because a set of genes that does not facilitate optimal growth in one host allows a selective advantage when the next species is encountered."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631402/
The Legionella pneumophila replication vacuole: making a cozy niche inside host cells

#microbiology #evolution #Bacteria #Virology #GiantVirus

"Although L. pneumophila has adapted to grow in amoeba and other unicellular microorganisms, there is no demonstrated amoebal host preference, and many cell types can support intracellular growth of this microorganism 88. Although there might have been powerful selection for the acquisition or generation of new substrate genes to ... "

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631402/
The Legionella pneumophila replication vacuole: making a cozy niche inside host cells

#microbiology #evolution #virology #GiantVirus

I predict that in the next few years we'll see giruses (giant viruses) aren't so much going to challenge the boundaries of what a virus is, but they're going to stomp all over the concept and laugh at us. #GiantVirus #Microbiology https://www.sciencealert.com/freakishly-large-viruses-with-arms-and-tails-found-in-massachusetts

They are huge (for a virus) and there are probably MANY more of them out there.

Great new review about GIANT :dna: viruses :dna: by Frederik Schulz, Chantal Abergel, Tanja Woyke

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00754-5

#JGI #BerkeleyLab #virus #giantvirus #NCLDV #NatureReviewsMicrobiology