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Mougari S, Sahmi-Bounsiar D, Levasseur A, Colson P, La Scola B. Virophages of Giant Viruses: An Update at Eleven. Viruses 2019; 11:E733. [PMID: 31398856 PMCID: PMC6723459 DOI: 10.3390/v11080733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The last decade has been marked by two eminent discoveries that have changed our perception of the virology field: The discovery of giant viruses and a distinct new class of viral agents that parasitize their viral factories, the virophages. Coculture and metagenomics have actively contributed to the expansion of the virophage family by isolating dozens of new members. This increase in the body of data on virophage not only revealed the diversity of the virophage group, but also the relevant ecological impact of these small viruses and their potential role in the dynamics of the microbial network. In addition, the isolation of virophages has led us to discover previously unknown features displayed by their host viruses and cells. In this review, we present an update of all the knowledge on the isolation, biology, genomics, and morphological features of the virophages, a decade after the discovery of their first member, the Sputnik virophage. We discuss their parasitic lifestyle as bona fide viruses of the giant virus factories, genetic parasites of their genomes, and then their role as a key component or target for some host defense mechanisms during the tripartite virophage-giant virus-host cell interaction. We also present the latest advances regarding their origin, classification, and definition that have been widely discussed.
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- Said Mougari
- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
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Colson P, Levasseur A, La Scola B, Sharma V, Nasir A, Pontarotti P, Caetano-Anollés G, Raoult D. Ancestrality and Mosaicism of Giant Viruses Supporting the Definition of the Fourth TRUC of Microbes. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2668. [PMID: 30538677 PMCID: PMC6277510 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Giant viruses of amoebae were discovered in 2003. Since then, their diversity has greatly expanded. They were suggested to form a fourth branch of life, collectively named ‘TRUC’ (for “Things Resisting Uncompleted Classifications”) alongside Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. Their origin and ancestrality remain controversial. Here, we specify the evolution and definition of giant viruses. Phylogenetic and phenetic analyses of informational gene repertoires of giant viruses and selected bacteria, archaea and eukaryota were performed, including structural phylogenomics based on protein structural domains grouped into 289 universal fold superfamilies (FSFs). Hierarchical clustering analysis was performed based on a binary presence/absence matrix constructed using 727 informational COGs from cellular organisms. The presence/absence of ‘universal’ FSF domains was used to generate an unrooted maximum parsimony phylogenomic tree. Comparison of the gene content of a giant virus with those of a bacterium, an archaeon, and a eukaryote with small genomes was also performed. Overall, both cladistic analyses based on gene sequences of very central and ancient proteins and on highly conserved protein fold structures as well as phenetic analyses were congruent regarding the delineation of a fourth branch of microbes comprised by giant viruses. Giant viruses appeared as a basal group in the tree of all proteomes. A pangenome and core genome determined for Rickettsia bellii (bacteria), Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis (archaeon), Encephalitozoon intestinalis (eukaryote), and Tupanvirus (giant virus) showed a substantial proportion of Tupanvirus genes that overlap with those of the cellular microbes. In addition, a substantial genome mosaicism was observed, with 51, 11, 8, and 0.2% of Tupanvirus genes best matching with viruses, eukaryota, bacteria, and archaea, respectively. Finally, we found that genes themselves may be subject to lateral sequence transfers. In summary, our data highlight the quantum leap between classical and giant viruses. Phylogenetic and phyletic analyses and the study of protein fold superfamilies confirm previous evidence of the existence of a fourth TRUC of life that includes giant viruses, and highlight its ancestrality and mosaicism. They also point out that best evolutionary representations for giant viruses and cellular microorganisms are rhizomes, and that sequence transfers rather than gene transfers have to be considered.
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- Philippe Colson
- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM); Microbes, Evolution, Phylogeny and Infection (MEΦI); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM); Microbes, Evolution, Phylogeny and Infection (MEΦI); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM); Microbes, Evolution, Phylogeny and Infection (MEΦI); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM); Microbes, Evolution, Phylogeny and Infection (MEΦI); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France
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- Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States.,Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM); Microbes, Evolution, Phylogeny and Infection (MEΦI); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France
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- Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM); Microbes, Evolution, Phylogeny and Infection (MEΦI); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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Recent Advancements in 3-D Structure Determination of Bacteriophages: from Negative Stain to CryoEM. J Indian Inst Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s41745-018-0082-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Bekliz M, Levasseur A, La Scola B, Raoult D. MIMIVIRE, un système de défense chez mimivirus qui illustre l’hypothèse de la Reine Rouge. Med Sci (Paris) 2016; 32:818-819. [DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20163210009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In 1675, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoeck was the first to observe several forms using an optical microscope that he named "animalcules", realizing later that these were microorganisms. The first classification of living organisms proposed by Ehrenberg in 1833 was based on what we could visualize. The failure of this kind of classification arises from viral culture, which preceded direct observations that were finally achieved during the 20th century by electron microscopy. The number of prokaryotic species is estimated at approximately 10 million, although only 1800 were known in 1980, and 14,000 to date, thanks to the advent of 16S rRNA amplification and sequencing. This highlights our inability to access the entire diversity. Indeed, a large number of bacteria are only, known as Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) and detected as a result of metagenomics studies, revealing an unexplored world known as the "dark matter". Recently, the rebirth of bacterial culture through the example of culturomics has dramatically increased the human gut repertoire as well as the 18SrRNA sequencing allowed to largely extend the repertoire of Eukaryotes. Finally, filtration and co-culture on free-living protists associated with high-throughput culture elucidated a part of the megavirome. While the majority of studies currently performed on the human gut microbiota focus on bacterial diversity, it appears that several other prokaryotes (including archaea) and eukaryotic populations also inhabit this ecosystem; their detection depending exclusively on the tools used. Rational and comprehensive establishment of this ecosystem will allow the understanding of human health associated with gut microbiota and the potential to change this.
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Verneau J, Levasseur A, Raoult D, La Scola B, Colson P. MG-Digger: An Automated Pipeline to Search for Giant Virus-Related Sequences in Metagenomes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:428. [PMID: 27065984 PMCID: PMC4814491 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The number of metagenomic studies conducted each year is growing dramatically. Storage and analysis of such big data is difficult and time-consuming. Interestingly, analysis shows that environmental and human metagenomes include a significant amount of non-annotated sequences, representing a 'dark matter.' We established a bioinformatics pipeline that automatically detects metagenome reads matching query sequences from a given set and applied this tool to the detection of sequences matching large and giant DNA viral members of the proposed order Megavirales or virophages. A total of 1,045 environmental and human metagenomes (≈ 1 Terabase) were collected, processed, and stored on our bioinformatics server. In addition, nucleotide and protein sequences from 93 Megavirales representatives, including 19 giant viruses of amoeba, and 5 virophages, were collected. The pipeline was generated by scripts written in Python language and entitled MG-Digger. Metagenomes previously found to contain megavirus-like sequences were tested as controls. MG-Digger was able to annotate 100s of metagenome sequences as best matching those of giant viruses. These sequences were most often found to be similar to phycodnavirus or mimivirus sequences, but included reads related to recently available pandoraviruses, Pithovirus sibericum, and faustoviruses. Compared to other tools, MG-Digger combined stand-alone use on Linux or Windows operating systems through a user-friendly interface, implementation of ready-to-use customized metagenome databases and query sequence databases, adjustable parameters for BLAST searches, and creation of output files containing selected reads with best match identification. Compared to Metavir 2, a reference tool in viral metagenome analysis, MG-Digger detected 8% more true positive Megavirales-related reads in a control metagenome. The present work shows that massive, automated and recurrent analyses of metagenomes are effective in improving knowledge about the presence and prevalence of giant viruses in the environment and the human body.
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- Jonathan Verneau
- Aix-Marseille University, URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095Marseille, France; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-VirologieMarseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095Marseille, France; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-VirologieMarseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095Marseille, France; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-VirologieMarseille, France
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Aherfi S, Colson P, La Scola B, Raoult D. Giant Viruses of Amoebas: An Update. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:349. [PMID: 27047465 PMCID: PMC4801854 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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During the 12 past years, five new or putative virus families encompassing several members, namely Mimiviridae, Marseilleviridae, pandoraviruses, faustoviruses, and virophages were described. In addition, Pithovirus sibericum and Mollivirus sibericum represent type strains of putative new giant virus families. All these viruses were isolated using amoebal coculture methods. These giant viruses were linked by phylogenomic analyses to other large DNA viruses. They were then proposed to be classified in a new viral order, the Megavirales, on the basis of their common origin, as shown by a set of ancestral genes encoding key viral functions, a common virion architecture, and shared major biological features including replication inside cytoplasmic factories. Megavirales is increasingly demonstrated to stand in the tree of life aside Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya, and the megavirus ancestor is suspected to be as ancient as cellular ancestors. In addition, giant amoebal viruses are visible under a light microscope and display many phenotypic and genomic features not found in other viruses, while they share other characteristics with parasitic microbes. Moreover, these organisms appear to be common inhabitants of our biosphere, and mimiviruses and marseilleviruses were isolated from human samples and associated to diseases. In the present review, we describe the main features and recent findings on these giant amoebal viruses and virophages.
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- Sarah Aherfi
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7278 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 198 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1095, Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille, France; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-VirologieMarseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7278 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 198 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1095, Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille, France; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-VirologieMarseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7278 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 198 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1095, Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille, France; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-VirologieMarseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7278 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 198 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1095, Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille, France; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-VirologieMarseille, France
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Levasseur A, Bekliz M, Chabrière E, Pontarotti P, La Scola B, Raoult D. MIMIVIRE is a defence system in mimivirus that confers resistance to virophage. Nature 2016; 531:249-52. [DOI: 10.1038/nature17146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sharma V, Colson P, Pontarotti P, Raoult D. Mimivirus inaugurated in the 21st century the beginning of a reclassification of viruses. Curr Opin Microbiol 2016; 31:16-24. [PMID: 26829206 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mimivirus and other giant viruses are visible by light microscopy and bona fide microbes that differ from other viruses and from cells that have a ribosome. They can be defined by: giant virion and genome sizes; their complexity, with the presence of DNA and mRNAs and dozens or hundreds of proteins in virions; the presence of translation-associated components; a mobilome including (pro)virophages (and a defence mechanism, named MIMIVIRE, against them) and transpovirons; their monophyly; the presence of the most archaic protein motifs they share with cellular organisms but not other viruses; a broader host range than other viruses. These features show that giant viruses are specific, autonomous, biological entities that warrant the creation of a new branch of microbes.
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- Vikas Sharma
- Aix-Marseille Univ., Ecole Centrale de Marseille, I2M UMR 7373, CNRS équipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, Marseille, France
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-Virologie, 264 rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France; Aix-Marseille Univ., URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095, 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ., Ecole Centrale de Marseille, I2M UMR 7373, CNRS équipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, Marseille, France
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-Virologie, 264 rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France; Aix-Marseille Univ., URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095, 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
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Sharma V, Colson P, Chabrol O, Pontarotti P, Raoult D. Pithovirus sibericum, a new bona fide member of the "Fourth TRUC" club. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:722. [PMID: 26300849 PMCID: PMC4523831 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses, or representatives of the proposed order Megavirales, include giant viruses of Acanthamoeba that were discovered over the last 12 years and are bona fide microbes. Phylogenies based on a few genes conserved amongst these megaviruses and shared by microbes classified as Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea, allowed for delineation of a fourth monophylogenetic group or “TRUC” (Things Resisting Uncompleted Classification) composed of the Megavirales representatives. A new Megavirales member named Pithovirus sibericum was isolated from a >30,000-year-old dated Siberian permafrost sample. This virion is as large as recently described pandoraviruses but has a genome that is approximately three to four times shorter. Our objective was to update the classification of P. sibericum as a new member of the “Fourth TRUC” club. Phylogenetic trees were constructed based on four conserved ancient genes and a phyletic analysis was concurrently conducted based on the presence/absence patterns of a set of informational genes from members of Megavirales, Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. Phylogenetic analyses based on the four conserved genes revealed that P. sibericum is part of the fourth TRUC composed of Megavirales members, and is closely related to the families Marseilleviridae and Ascoviridae/Iridoviridae. Additionally, hierarchical clustering delineated four branches, and showed that P. sibericum is part of this fourth TRUC. Overall, phylogenetic and phyletic analyses using informational genes clearly indicate that P. sibericum is a new bona fide member of the “Fourth TRUC” club composed of representatives of Megavirales, alongside Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
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- Vikas Sharma
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7278, IRD 198, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1095, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France ; I2M UMR 7373, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Équipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7278, IRD 198, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1095, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France ; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-Virologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille Marseille, France
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- I2M UMR 7373, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Équipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France
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- I2M UMR 7373, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Équipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7278, IRD 198, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1095, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France ; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-Virologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille Marseille, France
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Sharma V, Colson P, Chabrol O, Scheid P, Pontarotti P, Raoult D. Welcome to pandoraviruses at the 'Fourth TRUC' club. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:423. [PMID: 26042093 PMCID: PMC4435241 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses, or representatives of the proposed order Megavirales, belong to families of giant viruses that infect a broad range of eukaryotic hosts. Megaviruses have been previously described to comprise a fourth monophylogenetic TRUC (things resisting uncompleted classification) together with cellular domains in the universal tree of life. Recently described pandoraviruses have large (1.9–2.5 MB) and highly divergent genomes. In the present study, we updated the classification of pandoraviruses and other reported giant viruses. Phylogenetic trees were constructed based on six informational genes. Hierarchical clustering was performed based on a set of informational genes from Megavirales members and cellular organisms. Homologous sequences were selected from cellular organisms using TimeTree software, comprising comprehensive, and representative sets of members from Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. Phylogenetic analyses based on three conserved core genes clustered pandoraviruses with phycodnaviruses, exhibiting their close relatedness. Additionally, hierarchical clustering analyses based on informational genes grouped pandoraviruses with Megavirales members as a super group distinct from cellular organisms. Thus, the analyses based on core conserved genes revealed that pandoraviruses are new genuine members of the ‘Fourth TRUC’ club, encompassing distinct life forms compared with cellular organisms.
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- Vikas Sharma
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UM63 CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France ; I2M UMR 7373, CNRS équipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UM63 CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France ; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-Virologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille Marseille, France
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- I2M UMR 7373, CNRS équipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France
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- Medical Parasitology Laboratory, Laboratory Department I (Medicine), Diagnostics, Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service Koblenz, Germany
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- I2M UMR 7373, CNRS équipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UM63 CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France ; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-Virologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille Marseille, France
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