Graphical abstract of the study: It shows how a giant virus infection (orange hexagon) causes the amoeba to produce virus particles until the host cell bursts and thus dies. If the amoeba is infected with a bacterial symbiont (turquoise circles), the virus can enter the amoeba, but the symbiont blocks it and the amoeba survives. (IMAGE)

University of Vienna

Graphical abstract of the study: It shows how a giant virus infection (orange hexagon) causes the amoeba to produce virus particles until the host cell bursts and thus dies. If the amoeba is infected with a bacterial symbiont (turquoise circles), the virus can enter the amoeba, but the symbiont blocks it and the amoeba survives.

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Graphical abstract of the study: It shows how a giant virus infection (orange hexagon) causes the amoeba to produce virus particles until the host cell bursts and thus dies. If the amoeba is infected with a bacterial symbiont (turquoise circles), the virus can enter the amoeba, but the symbiont blocks it and the amoeba survives.

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C: Patrick Arthofer

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