Updated virophage taxonomy and distinction from polinton-like viruses

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  • who: Simon Roux and collaborators from the E Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen have published the paper: Updated Virophage Taxonomy and Distinction from Polinton-like Viruses, in the Journal: Biomolecules 2023, 204 of /2023/
  • what: Based on a combination of comparative genomics and phylogenetic analyses the authors show that this group of virophages forms a cohesive taxon that the authors propose to establish at the class level and suggest a subdivision into four orders and seven families with distinctive ecogenomic features . . .

     

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