Genomic analyses of Symbiomonas scintillans show no evidence for endosymbiotic bacteria but does reveal the presence of giant viruses

• Anna Cho ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: acho@mail.ubc.ca

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-6582

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• Gordon Lax,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3986-3068

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• Samuel J. Livingston,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-8337

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• Yumiko Masukagami,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2707-204X

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• Mariia Naumova,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan

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• Olivia Millar,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5607-0548

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• Filip Husnik,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan

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• Patrick J. Keeling

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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