Preliminary characterisation of repeat families in the genome of EhV-86, a giant algal virus that infects the marine microalga Emiliania huxleyi

Phycodnaviridae

Phycodnaviridae is a family of large (100–560kb) double stranded DNA viruses that infect marine or freshwater eukaryotic algae.

Marine Phycodnaviridae

In this study the researchers found that EhV-86 entered cells by either endocytosis, (the process by which food or liquid particles are taken into the cell by a vesicle)…