Persistent co-infection mediates inter-virus and host-virus gene exchange in marine protists
Jessica Latimer, Shannon J. Sibbald, Kate Thomson, Yumi Murakoshi, Kayla Surgenor, Dudley Chung, Nikolaj Brask, Hongda Zhao, Craig McCormick, Hiroyuki Ogata, Yoshitake Takao, John M. Archibald
The paper identifies a new viral order, Skiavirales, in marine protists through long-read sequencing and shows gene exchange between viruses and host genomes.
bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology