Christopher R. Schvarcz

The paper identifies five new dicistroviruses infecting green algae, expanding the known host range of the Dicistroviridae family beyond arthropods.

This paper describes the isolation and characterization of the first cultivated chrysophyte-infecting virus, ChrysoHV, which encodes a proteorhodopsin not previously found in viral genomes.

The paper describes four isolates of a giant virus infecting chlorarachniophyte algae, highlighting strain-level genetic and epigenetic variation.

The paper describes four new prasinoviruses infecting Micromonas commoda from the North Pacific, revealing genomic diversity and potential host adaptation mechanisms.

This paper describes a novel giant virus, PelV-1, infecting a dinoflagellate with a record-long tail and unique metabolic genes, expanding our understanding of marine virus diversity.

This study investigates the infection cycle of a giant virus in a green alga, documenting ultrastructural changes and transcriptional responses at different stages of infection.