A Rapid Strategy for the Isolation of New Faustoviruses from Environmental Samples Using Vermamoeba vermiformis
Title:
A Rapid Strategy for the Isolation of New Faustoviruses from Environmental Samples Using Vermamoeba vermiformis
Author:
Bou Khalil, Jacques Yaacoub
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (567 seconds)
Series:
Immunology and Infection
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Abstract:
We describe here the latest advances in viral isolation for the characterization of new genotypes of Faustovirus, a new asfarvirus-related lineage of giant viruses. This protocol can be applied to the high throughput isolation of viruses, especially giant viruses infecting amoeba.
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For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/54104