Virophages or satellite viruses?
It has been argued that the smaller viruses associated with giant DNA viruses are a new biological entity. However, Mart Krupovic and Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic argue here that these smaller viruses should be classified with the satellite viruses.
Institut Pasteur, Department of Microbiology, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75015 Paris, France. Krupovic@pasteur.fr
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D000656:Amoeba / Q000821:virology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012526:Satellite Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D058009:Stramenopiles / Q000821:virology