M Moniruzzaman
@giant_virus
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Assistant Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology, @MiamiRosenstiel @univmiami.
United States
Joined April 2010
Very happy to share our latest work in .@nature. on the weird and wonderful 'giant viruses' of protists frequently invading green algae genomes. Thanks to the co-authors; especially my mentor @FOAylward. who is equally excited about giant viruses as I am!.
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RT @fonamental: Environmental microbiomes drive chemotactile sensation in octopus #microbiome .
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RT @NaturePortfolio: A link between increasing algal bloom toxins entering the food chain and rising ocean temperatures is detected in an a….
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RT @profvrr: TWiV discusses Sen. Cassidy calling for ACIP meeting delay, RFK Jr. abandons GAVI, millions of children at risk as global vacc….
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RT @fonamental: It is an honor to receive the @protistologists Hutner Award to a researcher within 15 years of his PhD who has made outstan….
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RT @jcamthrash: Giant viruses specific to deep oceans show persistent presence and activity
biorxiv.org
Giant viruses (GVs) of the phyla Nucleocytoviricota and Mirusviricota are large double-stranded DNA viruses that infect diverse eukaryotic hosts and impact biogeochemical cycles. Their diversity and...
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RT @aresel_: I’ve wanted to capture a shot like this my entire life. I can die happy now. Nara Visa, New Mexico - June 7, 2025 https://t.c….
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RT @MiamiRosenstiel: On this day we celebrate the wonder the ocean ignites in all of us. 🌊. #WorldOceanDay2025
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RT @bioetry: Pathogen emergence is a complex and rare phenomenon . Out of >40,000 named bacterial species only a fraction can cause diseas….
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The underlying factors that lead to specific strains within a species to emerge as human pathogens remain mostly enigmatic. The diarrheal disease c...
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RT @jcamthrash: Cryptic infection of a giant virus in a unicellular green alga
science.org
Latency is a common strategy in a wide range of viral lineages, but its prevalence in giant viruses remains unknown. In this work, we describe a 617–kilo–base pairs integrated giant viral element in...
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RT @NCBI: Updates coming to #NCBITaxonomy! We are introducing two new ranks, domain and realm, and discontinuing the rank superkingdom. Lea….
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RT @ProfFeynman: In physics, as in life, the path of least resistance is often the least interesting.
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RT @ScienceMagazine: A rare carnivorous caterpillar, previously unknown to biologists, stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the rem….
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RT @Benjamin_Minch: New paper out where we highlight many newly recovered giant viruses and find new functional potential encoded in their….
nature.com
npj Viruses - Expansion of the genomic and functional diversity of global ocean giant viruses
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RT @jcamthrash: Our latest culturing story! An international collaboration! Roseobacter!. New isolates refine the ecophysiology of the Rose….
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Abstract. The CHAB-I-5 cluster is a pelagic lineage that can comprise a significant proportion of all Roseobacters in surface oceans and has predicted role
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Our work on cryptic infection of giant viruses was published today in @ScienceMagazine. We discovered a large virus hiding within a green algal genome producing virions. Collaborative effort spearheaded by Virginia Tech, @univmiami & NIOZ scientists.
science.org
Latency is a common strategy in a wide range of viral lineages, but its prevalence in giant viruses remains unknown. In this work, we describe a 617–kilo–base pairs integrated giant viral element in...
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RT @AVW12_Banyuls: The "Virus Day" is an outreach event that will take place on May 8th in the public aquarium of the Observatory! If you w….
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RT @jcamthrash: Stability of the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis is primarily determined by symbiont cell-cycle arrest .
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The cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis relies on the regulation of resident symbiont populations to maintain biomass stability; however, the relati...
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RT @andrewjroger: New Canada Postdoctoral Research Award and international candidates can apply!
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