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Giant Viruses

Known as: Virus, Giant, Viruses, Giant, Giant Virus 
DNA viruses that have genomes up to several megabases in length and infect primarily single-celled EUKARYOTES.
National Institutes of Health

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MegaviralesMegaviridae
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2019
2019
The Roles of Electrostatic Interactions in Capsid Assembly Mechanisms of Giant Viruses
In the last three decades, many giant DNA viruses have been discovered. Giant viruses present a unique and essential research… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Viral metagenomics: are we missing the giants?
2014
2014
Development of DNA mismatch repair gene, MutS, as a diagnostic marker for detection and phylogenetic analysis of algal Megaviruses.
Review
2014
Review
2014
Looking at protists as a source of pathogenic viruses.
2013
2013
Amoebae as Battlefields for Bacteria, Giant Viruses, and Virophages
ABSTRACT When amoebae are simultaneously infected with Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus (APM) and the strictly intracellular… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Shan Virus: A New Mimivirus Isolated from the Stool of a Tunisian Patient with Pneumonia
Objective: Following the isolation of a Marseillevirus from the stool of a healthy young Senegalese and a Mimivirus from a… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
First Isolation of a Giant Virus from Wild Hirudo medicinalis Leech: Mimiviridae isolation in Hirudo medicinalis
Giant viruses and amoebae are common in freshwater, where they can coexist with other living multicellular organisms. We screened… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Smaller Fleas: Viruses of Microorganisms
Life forms can be roughly differentiated into those that are microscopic versus those that are not as well as those that are… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Virophages to viromes: a report from the frontier of viral oceanography.
2009
2009
There is no such thing as a tree of life (and of course viruses are out!)
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