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Halary S., Temmam S., Raoult Didier, Desnues C. (2016). Viral metagenomics : are we missing the giants ?. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 31, p. 34-43. ISSN 1369-5274.

Titre du document
Viral metagenomics : are we missing the giants ?
Année de publication
2016
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000378454200007
Auteurs
Halary S., Temmam S., Raoult Didier, Desnues C.
Source
Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2016, 31, p. 34-43 ISSN 1369-5274
Amoeba-infecting giant viruses are recently discovered viruses that have been isolated from diverse environments all around the world. In parallel to isolation efforts, metagenomics confirmed their worldwide distribution from a broad range of environmental and host-associated samples, including humans, depicting them as a major component of eukaryotic viruses in nature and a possible resident of the human/animal virome whose role is still unclear. Nevertheless, metagenomics data about amoeba-infecting giant viruses still remain scarce, mainly because of methodological limitations. Efforts should be pursued both at the metagenomic sample preparation level and on in silico analyses to better understand their roles in the environment and in human/animal health and disease.
Plan de classement
Sciences fondamentales / Techniques d'analyse et de recherche [020] ; Biotechnologies [084]
Identifiant IRD
PAR00014814
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