... 7:222http://www.virologyj.com/content/7/1/222Page 7 of 10RESEARC H Open Access Isolation and characterization of a virus (CvV-BW1) that infects symbiotic algae of Paramecium bursaria in Lake Biwa, JapanRyo Hoshina1,2, ... an environmental study of viruses infecting the symbiotic single-celled algae of Paramecium bursaria (Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus, PBCV) in Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan. The virusesdetected ... Schema of PBCV infection of the symbiotic algae of Paramecium. *Paramecium possessing Chlorella variabilis has beenreported in Japan, China, and Australia as well as the United States.Hoshina et al....