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Publications by Ghislain Guy Francois Fournous

29 publications found

Original articles

Trier C, Fournous G, Strand JM, Stray-Pedersen A, Pettersen RD, Rowe AD (2020)
Next-generation sequencing of newborn screening genes: the accuracy of short-read mapping
NPJ Genom Med, 5, 36
DOI 10.1038/s41525-020-00142-z, PubMed 32944285

Nakken S, Fournous G, Vodák D, Aasheim LB, Myklebost O, Hovig E (2018)
Personal Cancer Genome Reporter: variant interpretation report for precision oncology
Bioinformatics, 34 (10), 1778-1780
DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx817, PubMed 29272339

Aherfi S, Boughalmi M, Pagnier I, Fournous G, La Scola B, Raoult D, Colson P (2014)
Complete genome sequence of Tunisvirus, a new member of the proposed family Marseilleviridae
Arch Virol, 159 (9), 2349-58
DOI 10.1007/s00705-014-2023-5, PubMed 24770845

Yoosuf N, Pagnier I, Fournous G, Robert C, Raoult D, La Scola B, Colson P (2014)
Draft genome sequences of Terra1 and Terra2 viruses, new members of the family Mimiviridae isolated from soil
Virology, 452-453, 125-32
DOI 10.1016/j.virol.2013.12.032, PubMed 24606689

Yoosuf N, Pagnier I, Fournous G, Robert C, La Scola B, Raoult D, Colson P (2013)
Complete genome sequence of Courdo11 virus, a member of the family Mimiviridae
Virus Genes, 48 (2), 218-23
DOI 10.1007/s11262-013-1016-x, PubMed 24293219

Aherfi S, Pagnier I, Fournous G, Raoult D, La Scola B, Colson P (2013)
Complete genome sequence of Cannes 8 virus, a new member of the proposed family "Marseilleviridae"
Virus Genes, 47 (3), 550-5
DOI 10.1007/s11262-013-0965-4, PubMed 23912978

Saadi H, Pagnier I, Colson P, Cherif JK, Beji M, Boughalmi M, Azza S, Armstrong N, Robert C, Fournous G, La Scola B, Raoult D (2013)
First isolation of Mimivirus in a patient with pneumonia
Clin Infect Dis, 57 (4), e127-34
DOI 10.1093/cid/cit354, PubMed 23709652

Colson P, Fancello L, Gimenez G, Armougom F, Desnues C, Fournous G, Yoosuf N, Million M, La Scola B, Raoult D (2013)
Evidence of the megavirome in humans
J Clin Virol, 57 (3), 191-200
DOI 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.03.018, PubMed 23664726

Boughalmi M, Saadi H, Pagnier I, Colson P, Fournous G, Raoult D, La Scola B (2013)
High-throughput isolation of giant viruses of the Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae families in the Tunisian environment
Environ Microbiol, 15 (7), 2000-7
DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.12068, PubMed 23298151

Gaia M, Pagnier I, Campocasso A, Fournous G, Raoult D, La Scola B (2013)
Broad spectrum of mimiviridae virophage allows its isolation using a mimivirus reporter
PLoS One, 8 (4), e61912
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0061912, PubMed 23596530

Colson P, Fournous G, Diene SM, Raoult D (2013)
Codon usage, amino acid usage, transfer RNA and amino-acyl-tRNA synthetases in Mimiviruses
Intervirology, 56 (6), 364-75
DOI 10.1159/000354557, PubMed 24157883

Colson P, Pagnier I, Yoosuf N, Fournous G, La Scola B, Raoult D (2012)
"Marseilleviridae", a new family of giant viruses infecting amoebae
Arch Virol, 158 (4), 915-20
DOI 10.1007/s00705-012-1537-y, PubMed 23188494

Desnues C, La Scola B, Yutin N, Fournous G, Robert C, Azza S, Jardot P, Monteil S, Campocasso A, Koonin EV, Raoult D (2012)
Provirophages and transpovirons as the diverse mobilome of giant viruses
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109 (44), 18078-83
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1208835109, PubMed 23071316

Lagier JC, Armougom F, Million M, Hugon P, Pagnier I, Robert C, Bittar F, Fournous G, Gimenez G, Maraninchi M, Trape JF, Koonin EV, La Scola B, Raoult D (2012)
Microbial culturomics: paradigm shift in the human gut microbiome study
Clin Microbiol Infect, 18 (12), 1185-93
DOI 10.1111/1469-0691.12023, PubMed 23033984

Campocasso A, Boughalmi M, Fournous G, Raoult D, La Scola B (2012)
Legionella tunisiensis sp. nov. and Legionella massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from environmental water samples
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 62 (Pt 12), 3003-3006
DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.037853-0, PubMed 22307511

Boyer M, Azza S, Barrassi L, Klose T, Campocasso A, Pagnier I, Fournous G, Borg A, Robert C, Zhang X, Desnues C, Henrissat B, Rossmann MG, La Scola B, Raoult D (2011)
Mimivirus shows dramatic genome reduction after intraamoebal culture
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108 (25), 10296-301
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1101118108, PubMed 21646533

Colson P, Gimenez G, Boyer M, Fournous G, Raoult D (2011)
The giant Cafeteria roenbergensis virus that infects a widespread marine phagocytic protist is a new member of the fourth domain of Life
PLoS One, 6 (4), e18935
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0018935, PubMed 21559486

Colson P, Yutin N, Shabalina SA, Robert C, Fournous G, La Scola B, Raoult D, Koonin EV (2011)
Viruses with more than 1,000 genes: Mamavirus, a new Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus strain, and reannotation of Mimivirus genes
Genome Biol Evol, 3, 737-42
DOI 10.1093/gbe/evr048, PubMed 21705471

La Scola B, Campocasso A, N'Dong R, Fournous G, Barrassi L, Flaudrops C, Raoult D (2010)
Tentative characterization of new environmental giant viruses by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
Intervirology, 53 (5), 344-53
DOI 10.1159/000312919, PubMed 20551686

Boyer M, Yutin N, Pagnier I, Barrassi L, Fournous G, Espinosa L, Robert C, Azza S, Sun S, Rossmann MG, Suzan-Monti M, La Scola B, Koonin EV, Raoult D (2009)
Giant Marseillevirus highlights the role of amoebae as a melting pot in emergence of chimeric microorganisms
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106 (51), 21848-53
DOI 10.1073/pnas.0911354106, PubMed 20007369

Rolain JM, François P, Hernandez D, Bittar F, Richet H, Fournous G, Mattenberger Y, Bosdure E, Stremler N, Dubus JC, Sarles J, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Boniface S, Schrenzel J, Raoult D (2009)
Genomic analysis of an emerging multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus strain rapidly spreading in cystic fibrosis patients revealed the presence of an antibiotic inducible bacteriophage
Biol Direct, 4, 1
DOI 10.1186/1745-6150-4-1, PubMed 19144117

La Scola B, Desnues C, Pagnier I, Robert C, Barrassi L, Fournous G, Merchat M, Suzan-Monti M, Forterre P, Koonin E, Raoult D (2008)
The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus
Nature, 455 (7209), 100-4
DOI 10.1038/nature07218, PubMed 18690211

La Scola B, Elkarkouri K, Li W, Wahab T, Fournous G, Rolain JM, Biswas S, Drancourt M, Robert C, Audic S, Löfdahl S, Raoult D (2008)
Rapid comparative genomic analysis for clinical microbiology: the Francisella tularensis paradigm
Genome Res, 18 (5), 742-50
DOI 10.1101/gr.071266.107, PubMed 18407970

Fournier PE, Suhre K, Fournous G, Raoult D (2006)
Estimation of prokaryote genomic DNA G+C content by sequencing universally conserved genes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 56 (Pt 5), 1025-1029
DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63903-0, PubMed 16627649

Glazunova O, Roux V, Freylikman O, Sekeyova Z, Fournous G, Tyczka J, Tokarevich N, Kovacava E, Marrie TJ, Raoult D (2005)
Coxiella burnetii genotyping
Emerg Infect Dis, 11 (8), 1211-7
DOI 10.3201/eid1108.041354, PubMed 16102309

Review articles

Colson P, de Lamballerie X, Fournous G, Raoult D (2012)
Reclassification of giant viruses composing a fourth domain of life in the new order Megavirales
Intervirology, 55 (5), 321-32
DOI 10.1159/000336562, PubMed 22508375

Canchaya C, Fournous G, Brüssow H (2004)
The impact of prophages on bacterial chromosomes
Mol Microbiol, 53 (1), 9-18
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04113.x, PubMed 15225299

Canchaya C, Fournous G, Chibani-Chennoufi S, Dillmann ML, Brüssow H (2003)
Phage as agents of lateral gene transfer
Curr Opin Microbiol, 6 (4), 417-24
DOI 10.1016/s1369-5274(03)00086-9, PubMed 12941415

Canchaya C, Proux C, Fournous G, Bruttin A, Brüssow H (2003)
Prophage genomics
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev, 67 (2), 238-76, table of contents
DOI 10.1128/MMBR.67.2.238-276.2003, PubMed 12794192