Pandoraviruses Are Not Alive
Pandoraviruses seemingly have the ability to produce an electrical potential across their membrane, a feature that is typically only associated with living cells.
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TWiV 275: Virocentricity with Eugene Koonin
On episode #275 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent and Rich meet up with Eugene Koonin to talk about the central role of viruses in the evolution of all life. You can find TWiV #275 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Pithovirus: Bigger than Pandoravirus with a smaller genome
A new virus called Pithovirus sibericum has been isolated from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost. It is the oldest DNA virus of eukaryotes ever isolated, showing that viruses can retain infectivity in nature for very long periods of time. Pithovirus was isolated by inoculating cultures of the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellani with samples taken in the year 2000 from 30 meters below …
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TWiV 265: This year in virology
On episode #265 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiV team reviews ten compelling virology stories from 2013. You can find TWiV #265 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
TWiV 261: Giants among viruses
On episode #261 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent meets up with Chantal and Jean-Michel at the first International Symposium on Giant Virus Biology in Tegernsee, Germany, to discuss their work on Mimivirus, Megavirus, and Pandoravirus. You can find TWiV #261 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
TWiV 246: Pandora, pandemics, and privacy
On episode #246 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy discuss the huge Pandoravirus, virologists planning H7N9 gain of function experiments, and limited access to the HeLa cell genome sequence. You can find TWiV #246 at www.microbe.tv/twiv. We recorded this episode of TWiV as a Google hangout on air. Consequently …