Here, there and everywhere: Large and giant viruses abound globally
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 18:40
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have uncovered a broad diversity of large and giant viruses that belong to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. As a result, virus diversity in this group expanded 10-fold from just 205 genomes, redefining the phylogenetic tree of giant viruses.