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Virus-like particles were observed in thin sections of vegetative hyphae of the Chytridiomycete Allomyces arbuscula strain Burma 1A. These particles were extracted, partially purified by sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation, and characterized as ribonucleoprotein. No virus-like particles were obtained from extracts of a control strain.
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Khandjian, E.W., Roos, UP., Timberlake, W.E. et al. RNA virus-like particles in the chytridiomycete Allomyces arbuscula . Arch. Microbiol. 101, 351–356 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00455951
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