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Mimiviridae

A family of nucleocytoplasmic, large, double-stranded DNA viruses with extremely complex genomes.
National Institutes of Health

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2018
2018
Exploring the diversity and evolution of giant viruses in deep sea sediments using genome-resolved metagenomics
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on this planet, which is impressive considering that they are completely… 
2018
2018
1 Mimiviridae : a rising family of highly diverse large 2 aquatic dsDNA viruses infecting a wide variety of 3 eukaryotes . 4
Since 1998, when Jim van Etten’s team initiated its characterization, Paramecium bursaria 14 Chlorella virus 1 (PBCV-1) had been… 
2016
2016
Isolation and Evolutionary Perspectives of Tokyovirus and Origamivirus, the first Marseilleviridae and Mimiviridae family members from Japan
2014
2014
Zn-Superoxide Dismutase : the first viral structure of a typical 1 CCS-independent hyperstable dimeric enzyme 2 3
2014
2014
Oysters as hot spots for mimivirus isolation
Viruses are ubiquitous organisms, but their role in the ecosystem and their prevalence are still poorly understood. Mimiviruses… 
2013
2013
Amoebas as mimivirus bunkers: increased resistance to UV light, heat and chemical biocides when viruses are carried by amoeba hosts
Amoebas of the genus Acanthamoeba are protists that are associated with human disease and represent a public health concern. They…