02/12/2022
In this text we will discuss a research work . Links for which we found on Internet It is related with the so called zombie virus. An research work done by scientists Jean-Marie Alempic, Audrey Lartigue, Artemiy E Goncharov, Guido Grosse, Jens Strauss, Alexey N. Tikhonov, Alexander N. Fedorov, Olivier Poirot, Matthieu Legendre, Sébastien Santini, Chantal Abergel, Jean-Michel Claverie has created an trending news in social media. The Scientists from France, Russia, Germany revived an ancient virus that was found buried in frozen ice, and the “zombie virus” could pose a potential public health threat. Scientists report the preliminary characterizations of 13 new viruses isolated from 7 different ancient Siberian permafrost samples. The ancient amoeba virus unearthed by researchers is called a “zombie virus.” The research work state that One quarter of the Northern hemisphere is underlain by permanently frozen ground, referred to as permafrost and Due to climate warming, irreversibly thawing permafrost is releasing organic matter frozen for up to a million years, most of which decomposes into carbon dioxide and methane, which further enhance the greenhouse effect. They Further described that Part of this organic matter also consists of revived cellular microbes (prokaryotes, unicellular eukaryotes) as well as viruses that remained dormant since prehistorical times. While the literature abounds on descriptions of the rich and diverse prokaryotic microbiomes found in permafrost, no additional report about “live” viruses have been published since the two original studies describing pithovirus (in 2014) and mollivirus (in 2015). The authors claim that This wrongly suggests that such occurrences are rare and that “zombie viruses” are not a public health threat. The scientists reported the preliminary characterizations of 13 new viruses isolated from 7 different ancient Siberian permafrost samples, 1 from the Lena river and 1 from Kamchatka cryosol. The research showed that these viruses belong to 5 different clades infecting Acanthamoeba spp. but not previously revived from permafrost: pandoravirus, cedratvirus, megavirus, and pacmanvirus, in addition to a new pithovirus strain. The ancient amoeba virus unearthed by researchers is called a “zombie virus.” The study describes zombie viruses as “viruses that remained dormant since prehistorical times,” but have since been revived due to being unfrozen. Scientists from France, Russia, Germany revived an ancient virus that was found buried in frozen ice, and the “zombie virus” could pose a potential public health threat. Scientists report the preliminary characterizations of 13 new viruses isolated from 7 different ancient Siberian permafrost samples. The research paper is yet to be published. It’s preprint is available on biorxiv.org the preprint server for biology. Thanks for watching. It’s preprint is available on https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.10.515937
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