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- Virophages are small, double-stranded DNA viral phages that require the co-infection of another virus. The co-infecting viruses are typically giant viruses...
- Sputnik virophage (from Russian спутник "satellite") is a subviral agent that reproduces in amoeba cells that are already infected by a certain helper...
- was named the first virophage. A virophage is similar to bacteriophage viruses, which infect and sicken bacteria, but virophages infect viruses. Sputnik...
- viruses Family LavidaviridaeVirophages Sputnik virophage Zamilon virophage Mavirus virophage Organic Lake virophage Single-stranded DNA satellite viruses...
- Phaeocystis globosa virus virophage, or PgVV, or Preplasmiviricota sp. Gezel-14T, is a polinton-like virus, which are small DNA viruses that are found...
- can be transmitted to new cells.: 460  In similar manner, the sputnik virophage is dependent on mimivirus, which infects the protozoan Acanthamoeba castellanii...
- largely discounted. Virophages are small, double-stranded DNA viruses that rely on the co-infection of giant viruses. Virophages rely on the viral replication...
- Organic Lake virophage (OLV) is a double-stranded DNA virophage (a virus that requires the presence of another virus to replicate itself and in so doing...
- Zamilon virophage, or Zamilon, is a virophage, a group of small DNA viruses that infect protists and require a helper virus to replicate; they are a type...
- nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses. CroV is itself parasitized by a virophage named "Mavirus". Viral protein composition includes 141 encoded proteins...