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Jônatas Santos Abrahão is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Instituto de Ciências Biológicas of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). He leads the Giant Viruses Study Group, established in 2011, which focuses on the discovery, characterization, and evolutionary biology of giant viruses, particularly those infecting amoebae, through exploration of Brazilian biomes.
His research centers on virology, evolution, and microbiology, with emphasis on giant viruses. The group has isolated more than 300 such viruses and contributed to the identification of entities including Tupanvirus, Yaravirus, Naiavirus, and Samba virus. Key publications include work on Tupanvirus in Nature Communications (2018), Yaravirus in PNAS, and studies on infection cycles in Nature Reviews Microbiology. Abrahão maintains an active research profile with thousands of citations across peer-reviewed journals.
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