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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...
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Sputnik virophage (from
Russian спутник "satellite") is a
subviral agent that
reproduces in
amoeba cells that are
already infected by a
certain helper...
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named the
first virophage. A
virophage is
similar to
bacteriophage viruses,
which infect and
sicken bacteria, but
virophages infect viruses. Sputnik...
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viruses Family Lavidaviridae –
Virophages Sputnik virophage Zamilon virophage Mavirus virophage Organic Lake
virophage Single-stranded DNA
satellite viruses...
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largely discounted.
Virophages are small, double-stranded DNA
viruses that rely on the co-infection of
giant viruses.
Virophages rely on the
viral replication...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- Virophaviricetes,
which contains all
virophages. Duponchel, S. and Fischer, M.G. (2019) "Viva lavidaviruses! Five
features of
virophages that
parasitize giant DNA...
