Giant viruses, giant chimeras: the multiple evolutionary histories of Mimivirus genes.

BMC Evolutionary Biology
David Moreira, Céline Brochier-Armanet

Abstract

Although capable to evolve, viruses are generally considered non-living entities because they are acellular and devoid of metabolism. However, the recent publication of the genome sequence of the Mimivirus, a giant virus that parasitises amoebas, strengthened the idea that viruses should be included in the tree of life. In fact, the first phylogenetic analyses of a few Mimivirus genes that are also present in cellular lineages suggested that it could define an independent branch in the tree of life in addition to the three domains, Bacteria, Archaea and Eucarya. We tested this hypothesis by carrying out detailed phylogenetic analyses for all the conserved Mimivirus genes that have homologues in cellular organisms. We found no evidence supporting Mimivirus as a new branch in the tree of life. On the contrary, our phylogenetic trees strongly suggest that Mimivirus acquired most of these genes by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) either from its amoebal hosts or from bacteria that parasitise the same hosts. The detection of HGT events involving different eukaryotic donors suggests that the spectrum of hosts of Mimivirus may be larger than currently known. The large number of genes acquired by Mimivirus from eukaryotic and bacterial s...Continue Reading

References

Nov 1, 1977·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·C R Woese, G E Fox
Sep 1, 1990·Journal of Medical Microbiology·T M Ly, H E Müller
May 1, 1974·The Journal of protozoology·T H Dunnebacke, F L Schuster
Oct 20, 1995·Science·C M FraserJ C Venter
Nov 11, 1993·Nucleic Acids Research·H Philippe
Sep 1, 1993·The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology·G Hinkle, M L Sogin
Sep 1, 1997·Nucleic Acids Research·S F AltschulD J Lipman
Nov 11, 1998·Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·T Cavalier-Smith
Jul 11, 2000·Journal of Virology·L P Villarreal, V R DeFilippis
Dec 21, 2000·Trends in Microbiology·R W HendrixS Casjens
Jul 10, 2001·Journal of Molecular Evolution·M Takemura
Jul 10, 2001·Journal of Molecular Evolution·L B Koski, G B Golding
Jul 27, 2001·FEMS Microbiology Letters·M A Ragan
Aug 28, 2001·Journal of Molecular Evolution·P J Bell
Sep 7, 2001·Annual Review of Microbiology·E V KooninL Aravind
Dec 14, 2001·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·J N SteenbergenA Casadevall
Aug 13, 2003·Bioinformatics·Fredrik Ronquist, John P Huelsenbeck
Sep 13, 2003·BMC Bioinformatics·Roman L TatusovDarren A Natale
Oct 21, 2003·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Elizabeth WatersMichiel Noordewier
Dec 6, 2003·Science·David P Mindell, Luis P Villarreal
Mar 24, 2004·Nature Reviews. Microbiology·Eugene V Koonin
May 5, 2004·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·George RiceMark Young
Oct 16, 2004·Science·Didier RaoultJean-Michel Claverie
Nov 13, 2004·The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology·Matthias Horn, Michael Wagner
Dec 3, 2004·Molecular Cell·Stacy D BensonRoger M Burnett
Feb 1, 2005·Trends in Microbiology·Elodie Ghedin, Claire M Fraser
Feb 5, 2005·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Diana Axelsson-OlssonMartin Holmberg
Mar 9, 2005·Current Biology : CB·Eugene V Koonin
Mar 11, 2005·Emerging Infectious Diseases·Bernard La ScolaDidier Raoult
May 21, 2005·Science·David Moreira, Purificación López-García
Sep 27, 2005·Virus Research·M Suzan-MontiD Raoult
Dec 20, 2005·PLoS Computational Biology·Jie SongRichard Sucgang
Feb 24, 2006·Emerging Infectious Diseases·Pierre BergerDidier Raoult
Feb 25, 2006·Virus Research·Eugene V Koonin, Valerian V Dolja
Mar 1, 2006·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Patrick Forterre
May 4, 2006·Annals of Internal Medicine·Didier RaoultPhilipe Brouqui

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jun 6, 2009·Journal of Molecular Evolution·Kabir Hassan BiswasSandhya S Visweswariah
Apr 10, 2013·Archives of Virology·Karin Moelling
Jun 8, 2012·Virus Genes·Julieta M ManriqueLeandro R Jones
Apr 12, 2013·The ISME Journal·Pascal HingampHiroyuki Ogata
Nov 15, 2008·Nature Reviews. Microbiology·Mart Krupovic, Dennis H Bamford
Dec 18, 2013·Biologie aujourd'hui·Patrick Forterre
Dec 17, 2009·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Mickaël BoyerDidier Raoult
Oct 27, 2010·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Matthias G FischerCurtis A Suttle
Jun 8, 2011·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Mickaël BoyerDidier Raoult
Nov 3, 2011·The Journal of Biological Chemistry·Kelvin B LutherThierry Hennet
Mar 25, 2011·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Daniel J G LahrEnrique Lara
Jul 3, 2009·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·Harald Brüssow
Jun 12, 2009·Journal of Virology·David C LambSteven L Kelly
Aug 6, 2009·Annual Review of Genetics·Jean-Michel Claverie, Chantal Abergel
Jul 7, 2009·Annual Review of Microbiology·Jan O Andersson
Mar 25, 2011·Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology·Jan O Andersson
Jan 11, 2012·Parasites & Vectors·Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan
Oct 14, 2011·Viruses·James L Van Etten
Jan 1, 2012·Scientifica·Paul Hyman, Stephen T Abedon
Dec 4, 2013·Microbes and Infection·Lorena C F SilvaJônatas S Abrahão
Jun 28, 2014·Nature Communications·Florian MaumusGuillaume Blanc
Aug 10, 2010·Annual Review of Microbiology·James L Van EttenDavid D Dunigan
Jul 23, 2013·Current Opinion in Virology·Patrick Forterre, David Prangishvili
Dec 23, 2015·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Francesco PiacenteMichela G Tonetti
Oct 9, 2012·Virus Research·Javier M Rodríguez, Maria L Salas
Mar 24, 2012·Current Opinion in Virology·Takashi Yamada
Sep 13, 2011·Current Opinion in Virology·Chuan Xiao, Michael G Rossmann
Aug 11, 2010·Trends in Genetics : TIG·Jean-Michel Claverie, Chantal Abergel
Aug 4, 2009·Research in Microbiology·Patrick Forterre, David Prangishvili
Jun 24, 2008·Research in Microbiology·Jonathan Filée, Michael Chandler
Mar 14, 2016·Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences·M H V van Regenmortel
Mar 15, 2016·Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences·Jean-Michel Claverie, Chantal Abergel
Oct 23, 2009·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·Patrick Forterre, David Prangishvili
Sep 4, 2008·Environmental Microbiology·Mya BreitbartDavid Hollander
Mar 12, 2011·Environmental Microbiology·Vincent ThomasGilbert Greub

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Methods Mentioned

BETA
GTPase

Software Mentioned

ED
BLAST
CLUSTALW
MrBAYES
PHYML
MUST package
BLASTP

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Amoebiasis

Amoebiasis, infection by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica, remains a global health problem, despite the availability of effective treatment. Here is the latest research.

Archaeogenetics

Recent advances in genomic sequencing has led to the discovery of new strains of Archaea and shed light on their evolutionary history. Discover the latest research on Archaeogenetics here.

ApoE, Lipids & Cholesterol

Serum cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein B (APOB)-containing lipoproteins (very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), immediate-density lipoprotein (IDL), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL), lipoprotein A (LPA)) and the total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ratio are all connected in diseases. Here is the latest research.