"Quasigenus" among Phycodnaviridae: A diversity of chlorophyte-infecting viruses in response to a dense algal culture in a high-rate algal pond.
E. E. Chase, T. M. Pitot, S. Bouchard, C. Desnues, G. Blanc
The paper uses metagenomic sequencing and qPCR to identify a viral bloom in a high-rate algal pond, linking it to algal mortality and proposing a 'quasigenus' concept for closely related Phycodnaviridae viruses.
bioRxiv · Dec 26, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology