First Isolation of a Giant Virus from Wild Hirudo medicinalis Leech: Mimiviridae isolation in Hirudo medicinalis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Virus isolation and preliminary characterization
2.2. Genome sequencing, annotation and comparative genomics
2.3. Phylogeny
3. Discussion
4. Materials and methods
Conflicts of Interest
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Boughalmi, M.; Pagnier, I.; Aherfi, S.; Colson, P.; Raoult, D.; La Scola, B. First Isolation of a Giant Virus from Wild Hirudo medicinalis Leech: Mimiviridae isolation in Hirudo medicinalis. Viruses 2013, 5, 2920-2930. https://doi.org/10.3390/v5122920
Boughalmi M, Pagnier I, Aherfi S, Colson P, Raoult D, La Scola B. First Isolation of a Giant Virus from Wild Hirudo medicinalis Leech: Mimiviridae isolation in Hirudo medicinalis. Viruses. 2013; 5(12):2920-2930. https://doi.org/10.3390/v5122920
Chicago/Turabian StyleBoughalmi, Mondher, Isabelle Pagnier, Sarah Aherfi, Philippe Colson, Didier Raoult, and Bernard La Scola. 2013. "First Isolation of a Giant Virus from Wild Hirudo medicinalis Leech: Mimiviridae isolation in Hirudo medicinalis" Viruses 5, no. 12: 2920-2930. https://doi.org/10.3390/v5122920