Tentative Characterization of New Environmental Giant Viruses by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry | Zendy

Bernard La Scola | Zendy; Angélique Campocasso | Zendy; Rolande N’Dong | Zendy; Ghislain Fournous | Zendy; Lina Barrassi | Zendy; Christophe Flaudrops | Zendy; Didier Raoult | Zendy

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Tentative Characterization of New Environmental Giant Viruses by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

Author(s) -

Bernard La Scola,

Angélique Campocasso,

Rolande N’Dong,

Ghislain Fournous,

Lina Barrassi,

Christophe Flaudrops,

Didier Raoult

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

intervirology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1423-0100

pISSN - 0300-5526

DOI - 10.1159/000312919

Subject(s) - giant virus , acanthamoeba , biology , metagenomics , capsid , genome , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , gene , virus , genetics

Metagenomic studies have revealed that Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus relatives are common in the environment; however, only three Acanthamoeba-growing giant viruses have been isolated from hundreds of environmental samples. We attempted herein to isolate new Acanthamoeba-growing giant viruses from environmental samples.

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