Smaller Fleas : Viruses of Microorganisms
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-23, 23 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
23
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Diseases
Abstract EN
Life forms can be roughly differentiated into those that are microscopic versus those that are not as well as those that are multicellular and those that, instead, are unicellular.
Cellular organisms seem generally able to host viruses, and this propensity carries over to those that are both microscopic and less than truly multicellular.
These viruses of microorganisms, or VoMs, in fact exist as the world’s most abundant somewhat autonomous genetic entities and include the viruses of domain Bacteria (bacteriophages), the viruses of domain Archaea (archaeal viruses), the viruses of protists, the viruses of microscopic fungi such as yeasts (mycoviruses), and even the viruses of other viruses (satellite viruses).
In this paper we provide an introduction to the concept of viruses of microorganisms, a.k.a., viruses of microbes.
We provide broad discussion particularly of VoM diversity.
VoM diversity currently spans, in total, at least three-dozen virus families.
This is roughly ten families per category—bacterial, archaeal, fungal, and protist—with some virus families infecting more than one of these microorganism major taxa.
Such estimations, however, will vary with further discovery and taxon assignment and also are dependent upon what forms of life one includes among microorganisms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hyman, Paul& Abedon, Stephen T.. 2012. Smaller Fleas : Viruses of Microorganisms. Scientifica،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-23.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hyman, Paul& Abedon, Stephen T.. Smaller Fleas : Viruses of Microorganisms. Scientifica No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494368
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hyman, Paul& Abedon, Stephen T.. Smaller Fleas : Viruses of Microorganisms. Scientifica. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494368
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-494368