A persistent giant algal virus, with a unique morphology, encodes an unprecedented number of genes involved in energy metabolism

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Blanc-Mathieu, Romain, Dahle, Håkon, Hofgaard, Antje, Brandt, David, Ban, Hiroki, Kalinowski, Jörn, Ogata, Hiroyuki, Ruth-Anne Sandaa
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 13.01.2021
• Subjects: Algae; Energy metabolism; Genes; Genomes; Infections; Metabolism; Morphology; Oxidation; Phenotypes; Prymnesium; Succinate dehydrogenase; Tricarboxylic acid cycle; Viruses

Abstract Viruses have long been viewed as entities possessing extremely limited metabolic capacities. Over the last decade, however, this view has been challenged, as metabolic genes have been identified in viruses possessing large genomes and virions—the synthesis of which is energetically demandin...