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ArticleViruses2022

Simultaneous Giant Virus and Virophage Quantification Using Droplet Digital PCR.

Ana Del Arco, Matthias Fischer, Lutz Becks

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Article in Viruses, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Del ArcoLimnology-Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5690-4979
Matthias FischerDepartment of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4014-3626
Lutz BecksLimnology-Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3885-5253
University of Konstanz · DEMax Planck Institute for Medical Research · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses are an abundant component of aquatic systems, but their detection and quantification remain a challenge. Virophages co-replicate with giant viruses in the shared host cell, and can inhibit the production of new giant virus particles, thereby increasing the survival of the infected host population. Here, we present a protocol for Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) to quantify simultaneously giant virus and virophage in a mixed sample, enabling the rapid, culture-free and high throughput detection of virus and virophage. As virophage can be present as free virus particles or integrated into the virus host's genome as well as associated with organic particles, we developed a simple method that enables discrimination between free and particle-associated virophages. The latter include aggregated virophage particles as well as virophage integrated into the host genome. We used, for our experiments, a host-virus-virophage system consisting of

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Giant VirusesVirophagesDNA VirusesGenome, ViralPolymerase Chain ReactioncafeteriaCroVddPCRgiant virusmavirusquantificationvirophage

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PMID35632796
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