The Baltimore classification of viruses 50 years later: how does it stand in the light of virus evolution?

EV Koonin, M Krupovic, VI Agol - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY Fifty years ago, David Baltimore published a brief conceptual paper delineating
the classification of viruses by the routes of genome expression. The six “Baltimore classes” …

Human anelloviruses: diverse, omnipresent and commensal members of the virome

J Kaczorowska, L Van Der Hoek - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Anelloviruses are small, single stranded circular DNA viruses. They are extremely diverse
and have not been associated with any disease so far. Strikingly, these small entities infect …

[HTML][HTML] Global genome analysis reveals a vast and dynamic anellovirus landscape within the human virome

CA Arze, S Springer, G Dudas, S Patel… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2021 - cell.com
Anelloviruses are a ubiquitous component of healthy human viromes and remain highly
prevalent after being acquired early in life. The full extent of" anellome" diversity and its …

Taxonomic update for mammalian anelloviruses (family Anelloviridae)

A Varsani, T Opriessnig, V Celer, F Maggi… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
Anelloviruses are small negative-sense single-stranded DNA viruses with genomes ranging
in size from 1.6 to 3.9 kb. The family Anelloviridae comprised 14 genera before the present …

The healthy human virome: from virus–host symbiosis to disease

EV Koonin, VV Dolja, M Krupovic - Current opinion in virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Viruses are ubiquitous, essential components of any ecosystem, and of multicellular
organism holobionts. Numerous viruses cause acute infection, killing the host or being …

Redondoviridae, a family of small, circular DNA viruses of the human oro-respiratory tract associated with periodontitis and critical illness

AA Abbas, LJ Taylor, MI Dothard, JS Leiby… - Cell host & …, 2019 - cell.com
The global virome is largely uncharacterized but is now being unveiled by metagenomic
DNA sequencing. Exploring the human respiratory virome, in particular, can provide insights …

The enigmatic roles of Anelloviridae and Redondoviridae in humans

LJ Taylor, EL Keeler, FD Bushman… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anelloviridae and Redondoviridae are virus families with small, circular, single-stranded
DNA genomes that are common components of the human virome. Despite their small …

Deep viral blood metagenomics reveals extensive anellovirus diversity in healthy humans

M Cebriá-Mendoza, C Arbona, L Larrea, W Díaz… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Human blood metagenomics has revealed the presence of different types of viruses in
apparently healthy subjects. By far, anelloviruses constitute the viral family that is more …

Evolution of anelloviruses from a circovirus-like ancestor through gradual augmentation of the jelly-roll capsid protein

A Butkovic, S Kraberger, Z Smeele, DP Martin… - Virus …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Anelloviruses are highly prevalent in diverse mammals, including humans, but so far have
not been linked to any disease and are considered to be part of the 'healthy virome'. These …

Human Anelloviruses: influence of demographic factors, recombination, and worldwide diversity

M Cebriá-Mendoza, B Beamud… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Anelloviruses represent the major and most diverse component of the healthy human
virome, referred to as the anellome. In this study, we determined the anellome of 50 blood …