ReviewTrends in microbiology2020
Investigating the Concept and Origin of Viruses.
Review in Trends in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.
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42 citing papers in PubMed.
- Ten quick tips for classifying unknown bacteriophage.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- Viruses in Extreme Marine Environments and Their Potential Existence in Extraterrestrial Environments.Viruses · 2026Review
- Amarilloviruses of Aquatic Animals.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Reassessing viral origins and evolutionary placement in the tree of life.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2026Review
- Phylogeny Building for Structural Phylogenomic Research.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Thousands-years-old deep-sea DNA viruses reveal the evolution of human pathogenic viruses.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- Taxonomic expansion and reorganization of Flaviviridae.Nature microbiology · 2025Article
- Recent advances in the inference of deep viral evolutionary history.Journal of virology · 2025Review
- Integrated analysis of protein sequence and structure redefines viral diversity and the taxonomy of thebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Unveiling the microbial realm with VEBA 2.0: a modular bioinformatics suite for end-to-end genome-resolved prokaryotic, (micro)eukaryotic and viral multi-omics from either short- or long-read sequencing.Nucleic acids research · 2024Article
- Are Viruses Taxonomic Units? A Protein Domain and Loop-Centric Phylogenomic Assessment.Viruses · 2024Review
- Unveiling the Microbial Realm with VEBA 2.0: A modular bioinformatics suite for end-to-end genome-resolved prokaryotic, (micro)eukaryotic, and viral multi-omics from either short- or long-read sequencing.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Beyond tradition: a novel approach for edible bird nest cleaning and its processing.Veterinary research communications · 2024Review
- Correlation ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- A critique of the use of species and below-species taxonomic terms for viruses-time for change?Virus evolution · 2024Article
- Intracellular Pathogens: Infection, Immunity, and Intervention.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Review
- An overview of viral chitinases: General properties and biotechnological potential.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2023Review
- The social lives of viruses and other mobile genetic elements: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2023Article
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- Virus taxonomy and the role of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).The Journal of general virology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has piqued public interest in the properties, evolution, and emergence of viruses. Here, we discuss how these basic questions have surprisingly remained disputed despite being increasingly within the reach of scientific analysis. We review recent data-driven efforts that shed light into the origin and evolution of viruses and explain factors that resist the widespread acceptance of new views and insights. We propose a new definition of viruses that is not restricted to the presence or absence of any genetic or physical feature, detail a scenario for how viruses likely originated from ancient cells, and explain technical and conceptual biases that limit our understanding of virus evolution. We note that the philosophical aspects of virus evolution also impact the way we might prepare for future outbreaks.
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