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latent period 8h: cell lysis 12–16 h post-inoculation h
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| Organism |
Ostreococcus tauri virus OtV5 |
| Reference |
Weynberg KD, Allen MJ, Wilson WH. Marine Prasinoviruses and Their Tiny Plankton Hosts: A Review. Viruses. 2017 Mar 15 9(3). pii: E43. doi: 10.3390/v9030043. p.7 bottom paragraphPubMed ID28294997
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| Primary Source |
[30] Derelle E et al., Life-cycle and genome of OtV5, a large DNA virus of the pelagic marine unicellular green alga Ostreococcus tauri. PLoS One. 2008 May 283(5):e2250. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002250.PubMed ID18509524
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| Comments |
P.7 bottom paragraph: "The very first report of the existence of viruses targeting Ostreococcus species was in 2001, during monitoring of a picoplankton coastal bloom [ref 70]. TEM [transmission electron microscopy] analysis reveals Ostreococcus-specific viruses have similar morphology to other prasinoviruses, with capsid diameters ranging between 100–120 nm (Figure 1D–H). Assessments of the life cycle of OtV5 in culture revealed a latent period of 8 h, followed by cell lysis at 12–16 h post-inoculation [primary source]. Complete viral genomes were observed as early as two hours following inoculation. Host cell chromosomes remain intact throughout the infection cycle and are seen to decrease only as lysis occurs. TEM analysis confirmed viruses are localised to a region of the cytoplasm and do not associate with the nucleus or other organelles [primary source]." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
113515 |