High-throughput isolation of giant viruses of theMimiviridaeandMarseilleviridaefamilies in the Tunisian environment

Reclassification of Giant Viruses Composing a Fourth Domain of Life in the New Order Megavirales

(2012) Philippe Colson et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

Hidden evolutionary complexity of Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA viruses of eukaryotes

(2012) Natalya Yutin et al.   Virology Journal

Lausannevirus, a giant amoebal virus encoding histone doublets

(2011) Vincent Thomas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Viruses with More Than 1,000 Genes: Mamavirus, a New Acanthamoeba polyphagamimivirus Strain, and Reannotation of Mimivirus Genes

(2011) Philippe Colson et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae

(2011) D. Arslan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Virophage at the Origin of Large DNA Transposons

(2011) M. G. Fischer et al.   SCIENCE

Tentative Characterization of New Environmental Giant Viruses by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

(2010) Bernard La Scola et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

The Three-Dimensional Structure of Mimivirus

(2010) Thomas Klose et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

Isolation of the phycodnavirus PBCV-1 by biological laser printing

(2010) Lisa A. Fitzgerald et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS

Giant virus with a remarkable complement of genes infects marine zooplankton

(2010) M. G. Fischer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Laboratory procedures to generate viral metagenomes

(2009) Rebecca V Thurber et al.   Nature Protocols

Giant Marseillevirus highlights the role of amoebae as a melting pot in emergence of chimeric microorganisms

(2009) M. Boyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of Halanaerobaculum tunisiense gen. nov., sp. nov., a new halophilic fermentative, strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from a hypersaline lake in Tunisia

(2008) Abdeljabbar Hedi et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus

(2008) Bernard La Scola et al.   NATURE

Distinct DNA Exit and Packaging Portals in the Virus Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus

(2008) Nathan Zauberman et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY