Viruses in acidic geothermal environments of the Kamchatka Peninsula

Ariane Bize, Xu Peng, Maria Prokofeva, Kirsty Maclellan, Soizick Lucas, Patrick Forterre, Roger A Garrett, Elizaveta A Bonch-Osmolovskaya, David Prangishvili

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Abstract

Screening for viruses in samples taken from acidic hot springs of Kamchatka (Russia) revealed a collection of morphotypes, including linear, spherical and complex fusiform shapes, which show partial similarity to those found in acidic geothermal environments in other geographical locations. One of the viruses, Acidianus filamentous virus 9, AFV9, was isolated and its structure and genome were studied in detail.
Original languageEnglish
JournalResearch in Microbiology
Volume159
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)358-66
Number of pages8
ISSN0923-2508
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Bibliographical note

Keywords: Acidianus; Acids; Genome, Viral; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Hot Springs; Lipothrixviridae; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Russia; Viral Proteins; Virion

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