Pantanal virophage: a new virophage species associated with a moumouvirus and a transpoviron, expanding the genus <i>Sputnikvirus</i>
genus evidencing the need for constant updates in taxonomic classification. This work shows that the efforts for isolation of new amoeba viruses and their characterization can contribute to enriching the knowledge about taxonomy and evolutionary dynamics of these viruses and of their parasitic-associated elements.
Authors
- Jônatas Santos Abrahão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9420-1791)
- Talita Bastos Machado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6841-9874)
- Bruna Luiza de Azevedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2348-9649)
- Nídia Esther Colquehuanca Arias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-0181)
- Frank O. Aylward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1279-4050)
- Rodrigo Araújo Lima Rodrigues (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7148-4012)
- Ana Karoline da Nóbrega Nunes Alves
- JOÃO PESSOA ARAÚJO JÚNIOR
- Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
- Luiz Henrique Rosa
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Viçosa (BR)
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (US)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Virology
- Published
- 2026-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01930-25
- Primary Topic
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00