Review
Open access
Aug 2026
First Evidence of Dicistroviruses Infecting Protists
Five positive-sense, single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) viruses isolated from tropical seawater that infect green algae in the genus Tetraselmis are presented, making them the first viruses within the bounds of the Dicistroviridae family demonstrated to infect an organism other than arthropods.
Julie Thomy, Christopher R. Schvarcz, Kelsey A. Allen et al.
· bioRxiv · 0 citations