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The time seems ripe for a critical compendium of that segment of the biological universe we call viruses. Virology, as a science, having passed only recently through its descriptive phase of naming and num bering, has probably reached that stage at which relatively few new truly new-viruses will be discovered. Triggered by the intellectual probes and techniques of molecular biology, genetics, biochemical cytology, and high resolution microscopy and spectroscopy, the field has experienced a genuine information explosion. Few serious attempts have been made to chronicle these events. This comprehensive series, which will comprise some 6000 pages in a total of about 18 volumes, represents a commitment by a large group of active investigators to analyze, digest, and expostulate on the great mass of data relating to viruses, much of which is now amorphous and disjointed, and scattered throughout a wide literature. In this way, we hope to place the entire field in perspective, and to develop an invalu able reference and sourcebook for researchers and students at all levels. This series i~ designed as a continuum that can be entered anywhere, but which also provides a logical progression of developing facts and integrated concepts.
List of contents
1 Viruses of Invertebrates.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Groups of Viruses Found in Invertebrates.- 3. The Mechanism and Pathways of Infection.- 4. Virus Replication.- 5. Ecology and Epizootiology of the Virus Diseases.- 6. References.- 2 Viruses in Fungi.- 1. Introduction.- 2. History.- 3. Physicochemical Properties.- 4. Biological Aspects.- 5. Ultrastructure and Intracellular Features.- 6. Replication.- 7. Alien Viruses Associated with Fungi.- 8. Concluding Remarks.- 9. References.- 3 Cyanophages and Viruses of Eukaryotic Algae.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Properties of Cyanophages.- 3. Replication of Cyanophages in a Unicellular Host.- 4. Replication of Cyanophages in a Filamentous Host.- 5. Cyanophage Replication and Host Metabolism.- 6. Cyanophage LPP-2SPI and Lysogeny in the Filamentous Blue-Green Algae.- 7. Eukaryotic Algal Viruses.- 8. Conclusions.- 9. References.- 4 Viruses of Fungi Capable of Replication in Bacteria (PB Viruses).- 1. Discovery.- 2. Detection.- 3. Purification and Properties of PB Viruses.- 4. The Fungal Host.- 5. Concluding Remarks.- 6. References.- 5 Bacteriophages That Contain Lipid.- 1. Introduction.- 2. PM2.- 3. PR3, PR4, and PRD1.- 4. Bacteriophage ?6.- 5. Summary and Conclusions.- 6. References.
