The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus

A Nature paper describing the virophage, a parasite of the giant mimivirus. The companion cites it, with Fischer and Hackl, for virophages that parasitize giant viruses and can protect host populations, though not the infected cell. The datasphere has no documented hyperparasite yet; agent hyperparasites are projected in the food web (Fig. 1).

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the companion paper (Companion §4)

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Food web (hyperparasites); Fig. 1

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Ecology: energetics, niches & interactions · Parasitism, mutualism & cheating

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@article{lascola2008virophage,
  title = {The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus},
  author = {B. La Scola and C. Desnues and I. Pagnier and C. Robert and L. Barrassi and G. Fournous and M. Merchat and M. Suzan-Monti and P. Forterre and E. Koonin and et al.},
  year = {2008},
  journal = {Nature},
  doi = {10.1038/nature07218},
}