More than a century ago, the term 'virus' was introduced to describe infectious agents that
are invisible by light microscopy and capable of passing through sterilizing filters. In addition …

Collagen fibrils are the major mechanical component in the extracellular matrix of a broad
range of multicellular animals from echinoderms to vertebrates where they provide a stable …

The progress of science is punctuated by the advent of revolutionary technologies that
provide new ways and scales to formulate scientific questions and advance knowledge …

Mimivirus, a DNA virus infecting acanthamoeba, was for a long time the largest known virus
both in terms of particle size and gene content. Its genome encodes 979 proteins, including …

Novel DNA sequencing techniques, referred to as “next-generation” sequencing (NGS),
provide high speed and throughput that can produce an enormous volume of sequences …

The accidental discovery of the giant virus of amoeba—Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus
(APMV; more commonly known as mimivirus)—in 2003 changed the field of virology …

1. A host for viruses 2. A host for yeast 3. A host for protists 4. Acanthamoeba and bacteria
interactions 5. Is Acanthamoebaan evolutionary ancestor of macrophages? 6 …

The Poxviridae family is comprised of double-stranded DNA viruses belonging to
nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV). Among the NCLDV, poxviruses exhibit the …

Since the discovery of the giant mimivirus, evolutionarily related viruses have been isolated
or identified from various environments. Phylogenetic analyses of this group of viruses …

Viruses are the most prevalent infectious agents, populating almost every ecosystem on
earth. Most viruses carry only a handful of genes supporting their replication and the …