Metagenomes of a Freshwater Charavirus from British Columbia Provide a Window into Ancient Lineages of Viruses

Charophyte algae, not chlorophyte algae, are the ancestors of ‘higher plants’; hence, viruses infecting charophytes may be related to those that first infected higher plants. Streamwaters from British Columbia, Canada, yielded single-stranded RNA metagenomes of Charavirus canaden...

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Main Authors: Marli Vlok, Adrian J. Gibbs, Curtis A. Suttle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/3/299