Project description:Mimivirus is the prototype of the Mimiviridae family of giant dsDNA viruses, initially isolated in Acanthamoeba. Little is known about the organization of the viral genome inside the membrane limited nucleoid and whether unpacking or other rearrangements are required prior to early transcription and replication. Here we used Mimivirus reunion (an isolate from La Réunion Island) and showed that in vitro opening of its large icosahedral capsid leads to the release of electron dense, 30 nm diameter rod-shaped objects that appear to be expelled and unwinding from the particles. We developed a purification procedure and performed a mass spectrometry-based characterization of the protein content of the genomic fibre, as well as total virion.

2022-07-29 | PXD021585 | Pride

Reunion soils (16S amplicon-seq)

Project description:Reunion soils (16S amplicon-seq)

| PRJNA1367882 | ENA

P. pacificus diversity on la Reunion Island

Project description:Whole genome sequencing of nematode isolates from la Reunion islands

| PRJEB13695 | ENA