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Phylogenetic analysis of nucleocytovirus marker proteins reveals that the viruses belong to the order\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Asfuvirales<\/jats:italic>\n                      in the same broader lineage that includes African swine fever virus, abalone asfarvirus, and giant viral sequences recently found in the fungus\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Rhizophagus irregularis<\/jats:italic>\n                      and the marine gastropod\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Elysia marginata<\/jats:italic>\n                      , suggesting that widespread host range transitions have occurred in this lineage. This work expands the diversity of known endogenous giant viruses and expands the host range of the\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Asfuvirales<\/jats:italic>\n                      to include the superkingdom Discoba.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>\n                        This study expands on the rapidly growing body of literature on the impact of latent giant viruses on eukaryotic genome evolution. In this study, we describe signatures of an understudied group of giant viruses integrated in the genome of\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Euglena gracilis<\/jats:italic>\n                        , an ecologically and industrially relevant freshwater protist. 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