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Microviridae

A large family of lytic bacteriophages infecting enterobacteria; SPIROPLASMA; BDELLOVIBRIO; and CHLAMYDIA. It contains four genera: MICROVIRUS… Expand
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2018
2018
Unprecedented Diversity of ssDNA Phages from the Family Microviridae Detected within the Gut of a Protochordate Model Organism (Ciona robusta)
Phages (viruses that infect bacteria) play important roles in the gut ecosystem through infection of bacterial hosts, yet the gut… Expand
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2016
Review
2016
The microviridae: Diversity, assembly, and experimental evolution.
The Microviridae, comprised of ssDNA, icosahedral bacteriophages, are a model system for studying morphogenesis and the evolution… Expand
2015
2015
Diversity and comparative genomics of Microviridae in Sphagnum- dominated peatlands
Microviridae, a family of bacteria-infecting ssDNA viruses, is one of the still poorly characterized bacteriophage groups, even… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Evolution and Diversity of the Microviridae Viral Family through a Collection of 81 New Complete Genomes Assembled from Virome Reads
Recent studies suggest that members of the Microviridae (a family of ssDNA bacteriophages) might play an important role in a… Expand
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Microviridae Goes Temperate: Microvirus-Related Proviruses Reside in the Genomes of Bacteroidetes
The Microviridae comprises icosahedral lytic viruses with circular single-stranded DNA genomes. The family is divided into two… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Experimental evolution of viruses: Microviridae as a model system
  • H. Wichman, C. Brown
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B…
  • 2010
    • Corpus ID: 11668
φX174 was developed as a model system for experimental studies of evolution because of its small genome size and ease of… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Origin and evolution of overlapping genes in the family Microviridae.
  • A. Pavesi
  • The Journal of general virology
  • 2006
    • Corpus ID: 24564699
The possibility of creating novel genes from pre-existing sequences, known as overprinting, is a widespread phenomenon in small… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Microviridae, a family divided: isolation, characterization, and genome sequence of phiMH2K, a bacteriophage of the obligate intracellular parasitic bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.
A novel single-stranded DNA phage, phiMH2K, of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus was isolated, characterized, and sequenced. This phage… Expand
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1999
1999
Cross-functional analysis of the Microviridae internal scaffolding protein.
The assembly of the viral structural proteins into infectious virions is often mediated by scaffolding proteins. These proteins… Expand
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1998
1998
Structural analysis of the Spiroplasma virus, SpV4: implications for evolutionary variation to obtain host diversity among the Microviridae.
BACKGROUND Spiroplasma virus, SpV4, is a small, non-enveloped virus that infects the helical mollicute Spiroplasma melliferum… Expand
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