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A Brief History of Giant Viruses’ Studies in Brazilian Biomes

Almost two decades after the isolation of the first amoebal giant viruses, indubitably the discovery of these entities has deeply affected the current scientific knowledge on the virosphere. Much has been uncovered since then: viruses can now acknowledge complex genomes and huge particle sizes, inte...

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Autores principales: Boratto, Paulo Victor M., Serafim, Mateus Sá M., Witt, Amanda Stéphanie A., Crispim, Ana Paula C., de Azevedo, Bruna Luiza, de Souza, Gabriel Augusto P., de Aquino, Isabella Luiza M., Machado, Talita B., Queiroz, Victória F., Rodrigues, Rodrigo A. L., Bergier, Ivan, Cortines, Juliana Reis, de Farias, Savio Torres, dos Santos, Raíssa Nunes, Campos, Fabrício Souza, Franco, Ana Cláudia, Abrahão, Jônatas S.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8875882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35215784
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14020191
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author Boratto, Paulo Victor M.
Serafim, Mateus Sá M.
Witt, Amanda Stéphanie A.
Crispim, Ana Paula C.
de Azevedo, Bruna Luiza
de Souza, Gabriel Augusto P.
de Aquino, Isabella Luiza M.
Machado, Talita B.
Queiroz, Victória F.
Rodrigues, Rodrigo A. L.
Bergier, Ivan
Cortines, Juliana Reis
de Farias, Savio Torres
dos Santos, Raíssa Nunes
Campos, Fabrício Souza
Franco, Ana Cláudia
Abrahão, Jônatas S.
author_facet Boratto, Paulo Victor M.
Serafim, Mateus Sá M.
Witt, Amanda Stéphanie A.
Crispim, Ana Paula C.
de Azevedo, Bruna Luiza
de Souza, Gabriel Augusto P.
de Aquino, Isabella Luiza M.
Machado, Talita B.
Queiroz, Victória F.
Rodrigues, Rodrigo A. L.
Bergier, Ivan
Cortines, Juliana Reis
de Farias, Savio Torres
dos Santos, Raíssa Nunes
Campos, Fabrício Souza
Franco, Ana Cláudia
Abrahão, Jônatas S.
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description Almost two decades after the isolation of the first amoebal giant viruses, indubitably the discovery of these entities has deeply affected the current scientific knowledge on the virosphere. Much has been uncovered since then: viruses can now acknowledge complex genomes and huge particle sizes, integrating remarkable evolutionary relationships that date as early as the emergence of life on the planet. This year, a decade has passed since the first studies on giant viruses in the Brazilian territory, and since then biomes of rare beauty and biodiversity (Amazon, Atlantic forest, Pantanal wetlands, Cerrado savannas) have been explored in the search for giant viruses. From those unique biomes, novel viral entities were found, revealing never before seen genomes and virion structures. To celebrate this, here we bring together the context, inspirations, and the major contributions of independent Brazilian research groups to summarize the accumulated knowledge about the diversity and the exceptionality of some of the giant viruses found in Brazil.
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spelling pubmed-88758822022-02-26 A Brief History of Giant Viruses’ Studies in Brazilian Biomes Boratto, Paulo Victor M. Serafim, Mateus Sá M. Witt, Amanda Stéphanie A. Crispim, Ana Paula C. de Azevedo, Bruna Luiza de Souza, Gabriel Augusto P. de Aquino, Isabella Luiza M. Machado, Talita B. Queiroz, Victória F. Rodrigues, Rodrigo A. L. Bergier, Ivan Cortines, Juliana Reis de Farias, Savio Torres dos Santos, Raíssa Nunes Campos, Fabrício Souza Franco, Ana Cláudia Abrahão, Jônatas S. Viruses Review Almost two decades after the isolation of the first amoebal giant viruses, indubitably the discovery of these entities has deeply affected the current scientific knowledge on the virosphere. Much has been uncovered since then: viruses can now acknowledge complex genomes and huge particle sizes, integrating remarkable evolutionary relationships that date as early as the emergence of life on the planet. This year, a decade has passed since the first studies on giant viruses in the Brazilian territory, and since then biomes of rare beauty and biodiversity (Amazon, Atlantic forest, Pantanal wetlands, Cerrado savannas) have been explored in the search for giant viruses. From those unique biomes, novel viral entities were found, revealing never before seen genomes and virion structures. To celebrate this, here we bring together the context, inspirations, and the major contributions of independent Brazilian research groups to summarize the accumulated knowledge about the diversity and the exceptionality of some of the giant viruses found in Brazil. MDPI 2022-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8875882/ /pubmed/35215784 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14020191 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Boratto, Paulo Victor M.
Serafim, Mateus Sá M.
Witt, Amanda Stéphanie A.
Crispim, Ana Paula C.
de Azevedo, Bruna Luiza
de Souza, Gabriel Augusto P.
de Aquino, Isabella Luiza M.
Machado, Talita B.
Queiroz, Victória F.
Rodrigues, Rodrigo A. L.
Bergier, Ivan
Cortines, Juliana Reis
de Farias, Savio Torres
dos Santos, Raíssa Nunes
Campos, Fabrício Souza
Franco, Ana Cláudia
Abrahão, Jônatas S.
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title_short A Brief History of Giant Viruses’ Studies in Brazilian Biomes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8875882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35215784
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14020191
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