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I was very fortunate to collaborate with Jonatas Abrahao on this study, in which his group discovered a novel giant virus with remarkable morphology!

Few giant viruses with a tail have been characterized so far, but recent findings suggest that these structures may be more common than previously thought.

Naiavirus: an enveloped giant virus with a pleomorphic, flexible tail

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Multiple panels of Naiavirus particles. They look a bit like lollipops, with gradual tapering down to the end of the tail.

Naiavirus: an enveloped giant virus with a pleomorphic, flexible tail - Nature Communications

Rodrigues and Queiroz et al. report the discovery of Naiavirus, the largest enveloped virus, isolated from a Brazil biome.
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this is wild. Looking forward to learning what this entails in a broader evolutionary sense!

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