doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.110.
Epub 2012 Oct 4.
The virocell concept and environmental microbiology
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The virocell concept and environmental microbiology
ISME J.
2013 Feb.
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(a) An environmental sample with different microbial species, one of them (grey) being infected by a virulent virus. One can observe an abundant production of virions even if the infected species corresponds to a minor fraction of the population. The sample contains many viral particles but a single virocell. (b) A sample infected by a virus that propagates in a carrier state in a species (grey) corresponding to the major fraction of the population with limited virion production. The sample contains many active virocells (grey) but few virions. These virocells can still divide and are better named ribovirocells (Forterre, 2012).
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