Mimivirus with two satellite Sputnik virophages (arrows) [1]
Virus classification
(unranked):
Virus
Realm:
Varidnaviria
Kingdom:
Bamfordvirae
Phylum:
Nucleocytoviricota
Class:
Megaviricetes
Order:
Imitervirales
Family:
Mimiviridae
Genus:
Mimivirus
Species[citation needed]
Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus
Mamavirus
Mimivirus bombay
Mimivirus gilmour
Mimivirus golden
Samba virus
Terra2 virus
Schematic drawing of a virion of genus Mimivirus (cross section and side view) showing filaments ("hairs") and stargate (downside)
Mimivirus is a genus of giant viruses, in the family Mimiviridae. Amoeba serve as their natural hosts.[2][3] This genus contains a single identified species named Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). It also refers to a group of phylogenetically related large viruses.[4]
In colloquial speech, APMV is more commonly referred to as just "mimivirus". Mimivirus, short for "mimicking microbe", is so called to reflect its large size and apparent Gram-staining properties.[5]
Mimivirus has a large and complex genome compared with most other viruses. Until 2013, when a larger virus Pandoravirus was described, it had the largest capsid diameter of all known viruses.[6]
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^Ghedin, E.; Claverie, J. (August 2005). "Mimivirus relatives in the Sargasso sea". Virology Journal. 2: 62. arXiv:q-bio/0504014. Bibcode:2005q.bio.....4014G. doi:10.1186/1743-422X-2-62. PMC 1215527. PMID 16105173.
^Wessner, D. R. (2010). "Discovery of the Giant Mimivirus". Nature Education. 3 (9): 61. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
^"World's biggest virus found in sea off Chile". London: Telegraph UK. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
just "mimivirus". Mimivirus, short for "mimicking microbe", is so called to reflect its large size and apparent Gram-staining properties. Mimivirus has...
000 genes: Mamavirus, a new Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus strain, and reannotation of Mimivirus genes". Genome Biology and Evolution. 3: 737–42. doi:10...
known as Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) and is a close relative of the previously known mimivirus. The mimivirus is a giant in the viral world;...
Megavirus chilensis), phylogenetically related to Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus (APMV). In colloquial speech, Megavirus chilensis is more commonly referred...
of this family, Mimivirus, was discovered in 2003, and the first complete genome sequence was published in 2004. However, the mimivirus Cafeteria roenbergensis...
mimivirus; mamavirus was so named because it is similar to but larger than mimivirus. Mamavirus was first reported in September 2008. Like mimivirus,...
with either Mimivirus or Mamavirus, classified as lineage A. This is unlike Sputnik, which can replicate in association with any Mimivirus-like member...
to new cells. In similar manner, the sputnik virophage is dependent on mimivirus, which infects the protozoan Acanthamoeba castellanii. These viruses,...
Other giant viruses such as the Mimivirus, Pithovirus, and Megavirus, have much smaller genomes. For example, Mimivirus, considered one of the largest...
viruses. Members of the family Mimiviridae includes Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) that is known for its large size of ~500 nm in diameter. In contrast...
The virus called Mimivirus infects amoebae. Another virus, called Sputnik, also infects amoebae, but it cannot reproduce unless mimivirus has already infected...
PRD1, the algal virus Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus-1 (PBCV-1), mimivirus and the mammalian adenovirus have been placed in the same lineage, whereas...
from Acanthamoeba species", also noting "an ATPase most similar to the mimivirus homologue" and a major capsid protein phylogeny that is "not compatible...
hosts species, and the stage of the infection. For example, viroplasms of mimivirus have a similar size to the nucleus of its host, the amoeba Acanthamoeba...
sensing instrument used to study particles in Saturn's magnetic field Mimivirus, the largest known virus affecting amoebae Mimi's Cafe, a restaurant chain...
applied mathematician Didier Raoult, French biologist, who identified Mimivirus Éric Raoult, French politician Places: Manneville-la-Raoult, town in northern...
These include Legionella and Legionella-like pathogens. The giant viruses Mimivirus, Megavirus, and Pandoravirus infect Acanthamoeba. Members of the genus...
virus species, was discovered in 2013. Like the other very large viruses Mimivirus and Megavirus, Pandoravirus infects amoebas, but its genome, containing...
(30 March 2010). "Vaccinia-like cytoplasmic replication of the giant Mimivirus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 107 (13): 5978–82...
enzymes employed in DNA base excision repair were characterized from Mimivirus. The pathway of DNA base excision repair (BER) was experimentally reconstituted...
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