This episode: Newly discovered giant viruses almost build their own replication machinery instead of using their host's!

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Show notes:
Microbe of the episode: Terasakiella pusilla

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Journal Paper:
Schulz F, Yutin N, Ivanova NN, Ortega DR, Lee TK, Vierheilig J, Daims H, Horn M, Wagner M, Jensen GJ, Kyrpides NC, Koonin EV, Woyke T. 2017. Giant viruses with an expanded complement of translation system components. Science 356:82–85.

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