The 474-Kilobase-Pair Complete Genome Sequence of CeV-01B, a Virus Infecting Haptolina (Chrysochromulina) ericina (Prymnesiophyceae)

Lucie Gallot-Lavallée; António Pagarete; Matthieu Legendre; Sebastien Santini; Ruth-Anne Sandaa; Heinz Himmelbauer; Hiroyuki Ogata; Gunnar Bratbak; Jean-Michel Claverie

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01413-15

The 474-Kilobase-Pair Complete Genome Sequence of CeV-01B, a Virus Infecting Haptolina (Chrysochromulina) ericina (Prymnesiophyceae)

Genome Announc. 2015 Dec 3;3(6):e01413-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01413-15.

Authors

Lucie Gallot-Lavallée¹, António Pagarete², Matthieu Legendre¹, Sebastien Santini¹, Ruth-Anne Sandaa², Heinz Himmelbauer³, Hiroyuki Ogata⁴, Gunnar Bratbak², Jean-Michel Claverie⁵

Affiliations

¹ Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory (IGS), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479), Marseille, France.
² Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
³ Institute of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan.
⁵ Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory (IGS), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479), Marseille, France Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Marseille, France [email protected].

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence of CeV-01B, a large double-stranded DNA virus infecting the unicellular marine phytoplankton Haptolina (formerly Chrysochromulina) ericina. CeV-01B and its closest relative Phaeocystis globosa virus define an emerging subclade of the Megaviridae family with smaller genomes and particles than the originally described giant Mimiviridae infecting Acanthamoeba.