ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018
Ancestrality and Mosaicism of Giant Viruses Supporting the Definition of the Fourth TRUC of Microbes.
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Giant viruses of amoebae were discovered in 2003. Since then, their diversity has greatly expanded. They were suggested to form a fourth branch of life, collectively named 'TRUC' (for "Things Resisting Uncompleted Classifications") alongside
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