TWiV 521: Spitting in the Allee

Team TWiV cover the discovery of another giant virus from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost, and how viral aggregation accelerates the production of new infectious viruses and increases fitness, demonstrating an Allee effect. <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span>&lt;span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Click […]
Source: virology blog - Category: Virology Authors: Tags: This Week in Virology Acanthamoeba castellani Allee effect giant virus Mollivirus sibericum multiplicity of infection NCLDV nucleo-cytoplasmic virus saliva viral virus aggregation viruses vsv Source Type: blogs