Studies in Viral Ecology, Volume 1 (eBook)

Professor Hurst is an affiliated faculty member at Xavier University and holds a life appointment as Visiting Professor at Universidad del Valle in Columbia. He has authored several books on viruses and viral ecology and has been a leader in defining the field of Viral Ecology.

VOLUME 1

DEDICATION ix

PREFACE xi

CONTRIBUTORS xiii

ATTRIBUTION CREDITS FOR COVER AND SPINE ARTWORK xv

SECTION I AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR OF
VIRUSES 1

1 Defining the Ecology of Viruses 3

Christon J. Hurst

2 An Introduction to Viral Taxonomy with Emphasis on Microbial
and Botanical Hosts and the Proposal of Akamara, a Potential Domain
for the Genomic Acellular Agents 41

Christon J. Hurst

3 Virus Morphology, Replication, and Assembly 67

Debi P. Nayak

4 The (Co)Evolutionary Ecology of Viruses 131

Michael J. Allen

SECTION II VIRUSES OF OTHER MICROORGANISMS 145

5 Bacteriophage and Viral Ecology as Seen Through the Lens of
Nucleic Acid Sequence Data 147

Eric Sakowski, William Kress, and K. Eric Wommack

6 Viruses of Cyanobacteria 169

Lauren D. McDaniel

7 Viruses of Eukaryotic Algae 189

William H. Wilson and Michael J. Allen

8 Viruses of Seaweeds 205

Declan C. Schroeder

9 The Ecology and Evolution of Fungal Viruses 217

Michael G. Milgroom and Bradley I. Hillman

10 Prion Ecology 255

Reed B. Wickner

SECTION III VIRUSES OF MACROSCOPIC PLANTS 271

11 Ecology of Plant Viruses, with Special Reference to
Geminiviruses 273

Basavaprabhu L. Patil and Claude M. Fauquet

12 Viroids and Viroid Diseases of Plants 307

Ricardo Flores, Francesco Di Serio, Beatriz Navarro, Nuria
Duran-Vila, and Robert A. Owens

INDEX 343

VOLUME 2

DEDICATION ix

PREFACE xi

CONTRIBUTORS xiii

ATTRIBUTION CREDITS FOR COVER AND SPINE ARTWORK xv

SECTION I AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR OF
VIRUSES 1

1 Defining the Ecology of Viruses 3

Christon J. Hurst

2 An Introduction to Viral Taxonomy with Emphasis on Animal
Hosts and the Proposal of Akamara, a Potential Domain for the
Genomic Acellular Agents 41

Christon J. Hurst

3 Virus Morphology, Replication, and Assembly 63

Debi P. Nayak

4 The (Co)evolutionary Ecology of Viruses 127

Michael J. Allen

SECTION II VIRUSES OF MACROSCOPIC ANIMALS 141

5 Coral Viruses 143

William H. Wilson

6 Viruses Infecting Marine Molluscs 153

Tristan Renault

7 The Viral Ecology of Aquatic Crustaceans 177

Leigh Owens

8 Viruses of Fish 191

Audun Helge Nerland, Aina-Cathrine Øvergard, and Sonal
Patel

9 Ecology of Viruses Infecting Ectothermic Vertebrates--The
Impact of Ranavirus Infections on Amphibians 231

V. Gregory Chinchar, Jacques Robert, and Andrew T.
Storfer

10 Viruses of Insects 261

Declan C. Schroeder

11 Viruses of Terrestrial Mammals 273

Laura D. Kramer and Norma P. Tavakoli

12 Viruses of Cetaceans 309

Marie-Franc¸oise Van Bressem and Juan A. Raga

13 The Relationship Between Humans, Their Viruses, and Prions
333

Christon J. Hurst

14 Ecology of Avian Viruses 365

Josanne H. Verhagen, Ron A.M. Fouchier, and Vincent J.
Munster

INDEX 395