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. 2017 Oct 24;8:2063. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02063

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images for virus-like particles (A–H) with sizes ranging from 75 to 200 nm and phages (J,K) from A. downingi and P. harrisoni tissue. (A,B) Large tailless nucleocytoplasmic VLP particles from epithelial cells of A. downingi. (C,D) Virus factory from epithelial cells. (E–G) Symbiodinium cell within the gastrodermis layer of A. downingi with large VLP (>300 nm). (H,I) VLP rupturing host nucleus and release of Herpes-like viral particles from P. harrisoni samples. (J,K) Tailless VLP attached to prokaryote cell within A. downingi tissue.