Chitinaceous biomaterials received great attention towards producing functional
transformed products and biofuel. Chitin biorefinery is an emerging concept that can utilise …

Chloroviruses are large dsDNA, plaque-forming viruses that infect certain chlorella-like
green algae; the algae are normally mutualistic endosymbionts of protists and metazoans …

The discovery of giant viruses infecting eukaryotes from diverse ecosystems has
revolutionized our understanding of the evolution of viruses and their impact on protist …

The scope for ecological studies of eukaryotic algal viruses has greatly improved with the
development of molecular and bioinformatic approaches that do not require algal cultures …

Chloroviruses exhibit a close relationship with their hosts with the phenotypic aspect of their
ability to form lytic plaques having primarily guided the taxonomy. However, with the …

Since the discovery of the first “giant virus,” particular attention has been paid toward
isolating and culturing these large DNA viruses through Acanthamoeba spp. bait systems …

Micro-algae of the genus Ostreococcus and related species of the order Mamiellales are
globally distributed in the photic zone of world's oceans where they contribute to fixation of …

There is growing interest in the use of metatranscriptomics to study virus community
dynamics. We used RNA samples collected from harmful brown tides caused by the …

Chitosanase is a significant chitosan-degrading enzyme involved in industrial applications,
which forms chitooligosaccharides (COS) as reaction products that are known to have …

Prasinophytes are widespread marine algae for which responses to nutrient limitation and
viral infection are not well understood. We studied the picoprasinophyte, Micromonas …