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ArticlemBio2019

Virus Genomes from Deep Sea Sediments Expand the Ocean Megavirome and Support Independent Origins of Viral Gigantism.

Disa Bäckström, Natalya Yutin, Steffen L Jørgensen, Jennah Dharamshi, Felix Homa, Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedwiedzka, Anja Spang, Yuri I Wolf, Eugene V Koonin, Thijs J G Ettema

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Article in mBio, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers.

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83citing papers in PubMed
20.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Disa Bäckström *Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Natalya Yutin *National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Steffen L JørgensenDepartment of Biology, Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Jennah DharamshiDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Felix HomaDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Katarzyna Zaremba-NiedwiedzkaDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Anja SpangDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Yuri I WolfNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Eugene V KooninNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA koonin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov thijs.ettema@icm.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0003-3943-8299
Thijs J G EttemaDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden koonin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov thijs.ettema@icm.uu.se.
Uppsala University · SENational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Bergen · NO

Funding

Comparative Analysis Of Completely Sequenced GenomesZIALM000073 · NLM · NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE · PI KOONIN, EUGENE V · 2009 to 2025
$43.1M
European Research Council 310039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) of eukaryotes (proposed order, "Megavirales") include the families

Indexed as

Genetic VariationGenome, ViralAtlantic OceanDNA, ViralGeologic SedimentsGiant VirusesHydrothermal VentsMetagenomicsPhylogenySequence Analysis, DNADNA, Viraldeep sea sedimentsgiant virusesmetagenomicsnucleocytoplasmic large DNA virusesvirus evolution

Identifiers

PMID30837339
PMCPMC6401483
OpenAlexW2900992685

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