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. 2015 Mar 26;3(2):e00136-15.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00136-15.

Whole-genome sequencing of a pandoravirus isolated from keratitis-inducing acanthamoeba

M H Antwerpen  1 , E Georgi  2 , L Zoeller  2 , R Woelfel  2 , K Stoecker  2 , P Scheid  3
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Whole-genome sequencing of a pandoravirus isolated from keratitis-inducing acanthamoeba

M H Antwerpen et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

Following the recent discovery of two Pandoravirus species in 2013, a previously described endocytobiont isolated from the inflamed eye of a patient with keratitis was subjected to whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Here, we present the complete genome sequence of a new Pandoravirus isolate.

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