Sentences with phrase «giant virus genomes»

Further searching through the metagenomic datasets uncovered three more related giant virus genomes.

«Finding a giant virus genome took the project into a completely new and unexpected, yet very exciting direction.»

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In addition to sequencing the woolly mammoth genome, Hendrik has reconstructed the diets of extinct giant sloths, debunked a hypothesis about the origin of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sequenced the genome of the bacterium that caused Black Death.

With a diameter in the region of a micrometer and a genome incorporating more than 1,100 genes, these giant viruses, which infect amoebas of the Acanthamoeba genus, had already largely encroached on areas previously thought to be the exclusive domain of bacteria.

While sifting through metagenomic sequence datasets for a U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Community Science Program project, researchers identified genome sequences typically found in giant viGenome Institute (JGI) Community Science Program project, researchers identified genome sequences typically found in giant vigenome sequences typically found in giant viruses.

In a study led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, a new group of giant viruses has been uncovered after sifting through complex genetic datasets.

Recently discovered giant, amoeba - infecting viruses blur the line between life and nonlife — although they rely on their hosts for essential biological functions, the bacteria - sized viruses have complex genomes.

Pieced - together viral genomes contradict view that giant viruses represent a distinct branch of life

Genome studies suggest giant viruses and their «virophages» may be common in the oceans.

They also noticed that the new virus, named Bacillus phage Tsamsa, is unusually large, with a giant head, a long tail and a large genome, placing it among the largest known bacteriophages.

But after discovering a novel group of giant viruses with a more complete set of translation machinery genes than any other virus known to date, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, believe that this group (dubbed «Klosneuviruses») significantly increases our understanding of viral evolution.

«I'm quite confident that the current record of the genome size of giant viruses will be broken,» he says.

Giant viruses are characterized by disproportionately large genomes and virions that house the viruses» genetic material.

A newfound pair of giant viruses have massive genomes and the most complete resources for building proteins ever seen in the viral world.