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Incomplete tricarboxylic acid cycle and proton gradient in Pandoravirus massiliensis: is it still a virus?

Sarah Aherfi, Djamal Brahim Belhaouari Orcid Logo, Lucile Pinault Orcid Logo, Jean-Pierre Baudoin, Philippe Decloquement, Jonatas Abrahao, Philippe Colson, Anthony Levasseur, David Lamb Orcid Logo, Eric Chabriere, Didier Raoult Orcid Logo, Bernard La Scola Orcid Logo

The ISME Journal, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 695 - 704

Swansea University Author: David Lamb Orcid Logo

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The discovery of Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus, the first isolated giant virus of amoeba, challenged the historical hallmarks defining a virus. Giant virion sizes are known to reach up to 2.3µm, making them visible by optical microscopy. Their large genome sizes of up to 2.5Mb can encode proteins...

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spellingShingle Incomplete tricarboxylic acid cycle and proton gradient in Pandoravirus massiliensis: is it still a virus?
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title_short Incomplete tricarboxylic acid cycle and proton gradient in Pandoravirus massiliensis: is it still a virus?
title_full Incomplete tricarboxylic acid cycle and proton gradient in Pandoravirus massiliensis: is it still a virus?
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