Fig. 5. Budding and release of the grouper iridovirus from infected cells. (A) The viral nucleocapsid was enveloped by budding
through the plasma membrane. Scale bar, 100 nm. (B) The late stage of budding and release of viral particle. Scale bar, 100 nm.
(C, D) The budding virons simultaneously entered into the neighbouring cells by endocytosis. Scale bar, 100 nm.