The giant Cafeteria roenbergensis virus that infects a widespread marine phagocytic protist is a new member of the fourth domain of Life.

<h4>Background</h4>A recent work has provided strong arguments in favor of a fourth domain of Life composed of nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs). This hypothesis was supported by phylogenetic and phyletic analyses based on a common set of proteins conserved in Eukarya, Archae...

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Auteurs principaux: Philippe Colson, Gregory Gimenez, Mickaël Boyer, Ghislain Fournous, Didier Raoult
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Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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