Abrahão Jônatas Santos
Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Npj Viruses. 2025 May 31;3(1):48. doi: 10.1038/s44298-025-00131-y.
Giant viruses are a complex and diverse group infecting organisms from unicellular eukaryotes to animals. From the characterization of novel viruses to the development of advanced bioinformatic tools for taxonomy and classification, these collection of papers highlights the dynamic nature of giant virus research, uncovering new aspects of their diversity, environmental roles, and evolutionary complexity.
巨型病毒是一类复杂多样的病毒,可感染从单细胞真核生物到动物等各种生物体。从新型病毒的特征描述到用于分类学和分类的先进生物信息学工具的开发,这些论文集突出了巨型病毒研究的动态性质,揭示了它们多样性、环境作用和进化复杂性的新方面。