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Viruses of microbes

Section Editor: Joana Azeredo, University of Minho, Portugal 
Deputy Section Editor: Małgorzata Łobocka, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, Poland 

The Viruses of microbes section of Virology Journal is home to articles on all aspects of virology pertaining to viruses infecting bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa, fungi and other viruses. A large part of the virosphere is made up of viruses infecting other microbes. We welcome contributions to the structure of these viruses, their activity, their regulation and the interaction with their microbial hosts, including host immunity. Applications of microbial viruses or their gene products in human and animal health or industrial and ecological applications are also welcome.​​​​​​​

  2. Rotavirus (RV) is a principal cause of diarrhea. However, there is a limited understanding regarding alteration of the gut microbial community structure and abundance during RV infection. This study was to cha...

    Authors: Wei Zhao, Mei Ling Yu, XiaoLi Tao, Mei Hui Cheng, Chang Cheng Liu, Yang Liu and Yong Gang Li
    Citation: Virology Journal 2021 18:254
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  3. Members of the family Inoviridae (inoviruses) are characterized by their unique filamentous morphology and infection cycle. The viral genome of inovirus is able to integrate into the host genome and continuously ...

    Authors: Jian Zeng, Yan Wang, Ju Zhang, Shixing Yang and Wen Zhang
    Citation: Virology Journal 2021 18:240
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  4. The host-unrestricted, non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) and the serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) are major causative agents of food-borne gastroenteritis, and the host-re...

    Authors: Marta Kuźmińska-Bajor, Paulina Śliwka, Maciej Ugorski, Paweł Korzeniowski, Aneta Skaradzińska, Maciej Kuczkowski, Magdalena Narajaczyk, Alina Wieliczko and Rafał Kolenda
    Citation: Virology Journal 2021 18:183
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  6. Nowadays, hundreds of thousands of deaths per year are caused by antibiotic resistant nosocomial infections and the prognosis for future years is much worse, as evidenced by modern research. Bacteria of the Klebs...

    Authors: Fedor Zurabov and Evgeniy Zhilenkov
    Citation: Virology Journal 2021 18:9
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  7. New strategies are urgently needed to deal with the growing problem of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. As the natural viruses against bacteria, recently, bacteriophages have received particular attent...

    Authors: Feng Wang, Yan Xiong, Yao Xiao, Jian Han, Xianyu Deng and Lianbing Lin
    Citation: Virology Journal 2020 17:130
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  8. Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections are increasing in prevalence, with current estimates suggesting that over 100,000 people in the United States are affected each year. It is unclear how certain spe...

    Authors: Cody Glickman, Sara M. Kammlade, Nabeeh A. Hasan, L. Elaine Epperson, Rebecca M. Davidson and Michael Strong
    Citation: Virology Journal 2020 17:124
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  9. Acute respiratory infections are a common disease in children with high mortality and morbidity. Multiple pathogens can cause acute respiratory infections. A 2-year survey of hospitalized children was conducte...

    Authors: Min Gao, Xing Yao, Wei Mao, Cuifen Shen, Zongxin Zhang, Qiuling Huang, Dawei Cui, Haiyan Sun and Weihua Zou
    Citation: Virology Journal 2020 17:119
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  10. Enteric infections caused by Salmonella spp. remain a major public health burden worldwide. Chickens are known to be a major reservoir for this zoonotic pathogen. The presence of Salmonella in poultry farms and a...

    Authors: Robert Joseph Atterbury, Adriano Marcelo Gigante, María de la Salud Rubio Lozano, Ruben Danilo Méndez Medina, Gareth Robinson, Habib Alloush, Paul Andrew Barrow and Vivien Mary Allen
    Citation: Virology Journal 2020 17:98
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  11. Sanitary quality of recreational waters worldwide is assessed using fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), such as Escherichia coli and enterococci. However, fate and transport characteristics of FIB in aquatic habitats...

    Authors: Brian R. McMinn, Eric R. Rhodes, Emma M. Huff and Asja Korajkic
    Citation: Virology Journal 2020 17:1
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  12. After the isolation of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV), the study and search for new giant viruses has been intensified. Most giant viruses are associated with free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeb...

    Authors: Fernanda Souza, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Erik Reis, Maurício Lima, Bernard La Scola and Jônatas Abrahão
    Citation: Virology Journal 2019 16:158
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  15. Since the discovery of mimivirus, numerous giant viruses associated with free-living amoebae have been described. The genome of giant viruses can be more than 2.5 megabases, and virus particles can exceed the ...

    Authors: Graziele Oliveira, Bernard La Scola and Jônatas Abrahão
    Citation: Virology Journal 2019 16:126
    Content type: Review Published on:

  16. Mycoviruses were recently discovered in the white pine blister rust (WPBR) fungus Cronartium ribicola (J.C. Fisch.). Detection and characterization of their double stranded RNA (dsRNA) would facilitate understand...

    Authors: Jun-Jun Liu, Yu Xiang, Richard A. Sniezko, Anna W. Schoettle, Holly Williams and Arezoo Zamany
    Citation: Virology Journal 2019 16:118
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  17. Trichoderma spp. are used extensively in agriculture as biological control agents to prevent soil-borne plant diseases. In recent years, mycoviruses from fungi have attracted increasing attention due to their eff...

    Authors: Chenchen Liu, Mei Li, Estifanos Tsegaye Redda, Jie Mei, Jiantai Zhang, Beilei Wu and Xiliang Jiang
    Citation: Virology Journal 2019 16:113
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  20. Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector of food production worldwide. However, one of the major reasons limiting its effectiveness are infectious diseases among aquatic organisms resulting in vast economic l...

    Authors: Joanna Kazimierczak, Ewelina Agnieszka Wójcik, Jolanta Witaszewska, Arkadiusz Guziński, Elżbieta Górecka, Małgorzata Stańczyk, Edyta Kaczorek, Andrzej Krzysztof Siwicki and Jarosław Dastych
    Citation: Virology Journal 2019 16:4
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  22. Pear ring rot, caused by Botryosphaeria species, is responsible for substantial economic losses by causing severe recession of pear tree growth in China. Mycovirus-mediated hypovirulence in plant pathogenic fungi...

    Authors: Lihua Wang, Hui Luo, Wangcheng Hu, Yuekun Yang, Ni Hong, Guoping Wang, Aiming Wang and Liping Wang
    Citation: Virology Journal 2018 15:126
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  23. Analysis of metagenomic sequences has become the principal approach for the study of the diversity of viruses. Many recent, extensive metagenomic studies on several classes of viruses have dramatically expande...

    Authors: Natalya Yutin, Disa Bäckström, Thijs J. G. Ettema, Mart Krupovic and Eugene V. Koonin
    Citation: Virology Journal 2018 15:67
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  24. Since the discovery of giant viruses infecting amoebae in 2003, many dogmas of virology have been revised and the search for these viruses has been intensified. Over the last few years, several new groups of t...

    Authors: Ana Cláudia dos S. P. Andrade, Thalita S. Arantes, Rodrigo A. L. Rodrigues, Talita B. Machado, Fábio P. Dornas, Melissa F. Landell, Cinthia Furst, Luiz G. A. Borges, Lara A. L. Dutra, Gabriel Almeida, Giliane de S. Trindade, Ivan Bergier, Walter Abrahão, Iara A. Borges, Juliana R. Cortines, Danilo B. de Oliveira…
    Citation: Virology Journal 2018 15:22
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  25. Infections in poultry are an economic and health problem in Europe and worldwide. The most common infections are associated with salmonellosis, colibacillosis, campylobacteriosis, and others. The prevalence of Ca...

    Authors: Andrzej Wernicki, Anna Nowaczek and Renata Urban-Chmiel
    Citation: Virology Journal 2017 14:179
    Content type: Review Published on:

  27. The implementation of phage therapy is re-emerging with the increase in widespread antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

    Authors: Zelin Cui, Tingting Feng, Feifei Gu, Qingtian Li, Ke Dong, Yan Zhang, Yongzhang Zhu, Lizhong Han, Jinhong Qin and Xiaokui Guo
    Citation: Virology Journal 2017 14:26
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  28. Soda lakes are unique environments in terms of their physical characteristics and the biology they harbour. Although well studied with respect to their microbial composition, their viral compositions have not,...

    Authors: Leonardo Joaquim van Zyl, Shonisani Nemavhulani, James Cass, Donald Arthur Cowan and Marla Trindade
    Citation: Virology Journal 2016 13:204
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  29. Viruses are incredibly diverse organisms and impact all forms of life on Earth; however, individual virions are challenging to study due to their small size and mass, precluding almost all direct imaging or mo...

    Authors: Shea T. Lance, David J. Sukovich, Kenneth M. Stedman and Adam R. Abate
    Citation: Virology Journal 2016 13:201
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  30. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a notorious plant fungal pathogen, causes yield loss of many crops and vegetables, and is a natural host of a diverse viruses with positive-sense RNA (+ssRNA)...

    Authors: Hongchang Ran, Lijiang Liu, Bo Li, Jiasen Cheng, Yanping Fu, Daohong Jiang and Jiatao Xie
    Citation: Virology Journal 2016 13:92
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  31. Epidemics and pandemics of cholera, a diarrheal disease, are attributed to Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139. In recent years, specific lytic phages of V. cholerae have been proposed to be important factors ...

    Authors: Alejandro Solís-Sánchez, Ulises Hernández-Chiñas, Armando Navarro-Ocaña, Javier De la Mora, Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes and Carlos Eslava-Campos
    Citation: Virology Journal 2016 13:47
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  33. Bacteriophage vB_YenP_AP5 is a lytic bacteriophage capable of infecting Yersinia enterocolitica strains of serotype O:3, an epidemiologically significant serotype within this bacterial species that causes yersini...

    Authors: Carlos G Leon-Velarde, Andrew M Kropinski, Shu Chen, Arash Abbasifar, Mansel W Griffiths and Joseph A Odumeru
    Citation: Virology Journal 2014 11:188
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  34. Bacteriophages encode endolysins to lyse their host cell and allow escape of their progeny. Endolysins are also active against Gram-positive bacteria when applied from the outside and are thus attractive anti-...

    Authors: Marta Sanz-Gaitero, Ruth Keary, Carmela Garcia-Doval, Aidan Coffey and Mark J van Raaij
    Citation: Virology Journal 2014 11:133
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  35. In 2003, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) was first described and began to impact researchers around the world, due to its structural and genetic complexity. This virus founded the family Mimiviridae. In r...

    Authors: Jônatas S Abrahão, Fábio P Dornas, Lorena CF Silva, Gabriel M Almeida, Paulo VM Boratto, Phillipe Colson, Bernard La Scola and Erna G Kroon
    Citation: Virology Journal 2014 11:120
    Content type: Review Published on:

  36. The identification of novel giant viruses from the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses group and their virophages has increased in the last decade and has helped to shed light on viral evolution. This study de...

    Authors: Rafael K Campos, Paulo V Boratto, Felipe L Assis, Eric RGR Aguiar, Lorena CF Silva, Jonas D Albarnaz, Fabio P Dornas, Giliane S Trindade, Paulo P Ferreira, João T Marques, Catherine Robert, Didier Raoult, Erna G Kroon, Bernard La Scola and Jônatas S Abrahão
    Citation: Virology Journal 2014 11:95
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  37. Multi-resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans has been recognized as an emerging pathogen causing nosocomially acquired infections during the last years. Phages as natural opponents could be an alternative to fight ...

    Authors: Johannes Wittmann, Brigitte Dreiseikelmann, Manfred Rohde, Jan P Meier-Kolthoff, Boyke Bunk and Christine Rohde
    Citation: Virology Journal 2014 11:14
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  39. Bacteriophage EC1-UPM is an N4-like bacteriophage which specifically infects Escherichia coli O78:K80, an avian pathogenic strain that causes colibacillosis in poultry. The complete genome sequence of bacteriopha...

    Authors: Han Ming Gan, Chin Chin Sieo, Shirley Gee Hoon Tang, Abdul Rahman Omar and Yin Wan Ho
    Citation: Virology Journal 2013 10:308
    Content type: Research Published on:
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