A trove of Asgard archaeal viruses (original) (raw)

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Three different studies identify Asgardarchaeota-linked virus genomes that share commonalities with both prokaryotic and eukaryotic viruses, yet they represent independent phylogenetic groups.

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Fig. 1: Identifying Asgard virus genomes using CRISPR arrays retrieved from Asgard MAGs.

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Archaeal Virology, Bremen, Germany
    Tomas Alarcón-Schumacher & Susanne Erdmann

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Alarcón-Schumacher, T., Erdmann, S. A trove of Asgard archaeal viruses.Nat Microbiol 7, 931–932 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01148-2

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