Monsieur NIYAZ YOOSUF / PhD

Publications

• Related giant viruses in distant locations and different habitats: Acanthamoeba polyphaga moumouvirus represents a third lineage of the Mimiviridae that is close to the megavirus lineage.
  Moumouvirus, Mimivirus, Mimiviridae, Megavirales, 2012
  Yoosuf N, Yutin N, Colson P, Shabalina SA, Pagnier I, Robert C, Azza S, Klose T, Wong J, Rossmann MG, La Scola B, Raoult D, Koonin EV
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542560/pdf/evs109.pdf
  
• "Marseilleviridae", a new family of giant viruses infecting amoebae
  Marseillevirus, Marseilleviridae, 2013
  Colson P, Pagnier I, Yoosuf N, Fournous G, La Scola B, Raoult D
  http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/724/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00705-012-1537-y.pdf?auth66=1384965684_ded5a47395191d2065636b8eeb4405c9&ext=.pdf
  
• Evidence of the megavirome in humans
  Megavirome, Mimivirus, Marseillevirus, Mimiviridae, Marseilleviridae, 2013
  Colson P, Fancello L, Gimenez G, Armougom F, Desnues C, Fournous G, Yoosuf N, Million M, La Scola B, Raoult D
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386653213001248
  
• Complete genome Sequence of courdo11 virus, a member of the family Mimiviridae
  Courdo11 virus, Mimivirus, Mimiviridae, Megavirales, 2013
  Yoosuf N, Pagnier I, Fournous G, Robert C, La Scola B, Raoult D, Colson P
  
  
• Draft genome sequences of Terra1 and Terra2 viruses, new members of the family Mimiviridae isolated from soil
  Terra1 virus, Terra2 virus, Mimivirus, Mimiviridae, Megavirales, 2013
  Yoosuf N, Pagnier I, Fournous G, Robert C, Raoult D, La Scola B, Colson P
  
  
• Gene repertoire of Megavirales
  Megvirlaes, Mimiviridae, Marseilleviridae, Poxviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Asfarviridae, Asoviridae, Iridoviridae, Lateral gene transfer, Core genes, Duplicated genes, ORFans, 2013
  Yoosuf N, Raoult D, Colson P