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;...

mimivirus; mamavirus was so named because it is similar to but larger than mimivirus. Mamavirus was first reported in September 2008. Like mimivirus,...

is a viral genus, phylogenetically related to Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). In colloquial speech, Megavirus chilense 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...

with either Mimivirus or Mamavirus, classified as lineage A. This is unlike Sputnik, which can replicate in association with any Mimivirus-like member...

Family Lavidaviridae Genus Sputnikvirus Species Mimivirus-dependent virus Sputnik Species Mimivirus-dependent virus Zamilon Genus Mavirus Species...

comes from the discovery of unusually large and complex viruses, such as Mimivirus, that possess typical cellular genes. Biology portal Cladistics Phylogenetics...

cells.: 460  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...

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...

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...

Cafeteriavirus-dependent mavirus Satellite - DNA Mimivirus-dependent virus Sputnik Satellite - DNA Mimivirus-dependent virus Zamilon Satellite - DNA Phaeocystis...

PRD1, the algal virus Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus-1 (PBCV-1), mimivirus and the mammalian adenovirus have been placed in the same lineage, whereas...

cells.: 460  In similar manner, the sputnik virophage is dependent on mimivirus, which infects the protozoan Acanthamoeba castellanii. These viruses,...

host endothelial receptors ICAm-1 and VCAm-1. Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus is the largest known DNA virus. It genome encodes four aminoacyl-tRNA...

from Acanthamoeba species", also noting "an ATPase most similar to the mimivirus homologue" and a major capsid protein phylogeny that is "not compatible...

Electron microscopy image of giant virus Mimivirus...

things. Mimivirus is not only much larger than most viruses but it also has a much more complex genetic structure. The discovery of Mimivirus has given...

The virus called Mimivirus infects amoebae. Another virus, called Sputnik, also infects amoebae, but it cannot reproduce unless mimivirus has already infected...

applied mathematician Didier Raoult, French biologist, who identified Mimivirus Éric Raoult, French politician Places: Manneville-la-Raoult, town in northern...

sensing instrument used to study particles in Saturn's magnetic field Mimivirus, the largest known virus affecting amoebae Mimi's Cafe, a restaurant chain...

popularized with the discovery of large, complex DNA viruses (such as Mimivirus) that are capable of protein biosynthesis. Viral eukaryogenesis has been...

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...

Raoult D, Forterre P (April 2008). "Redefining viruses: lessons from Mimivirus". Nature Reviews. Microbiology. 6 (4): 315–319. doi:10.1038/nrmicro1858...

similarities to the other large DNA viruses, e.g., poxvirus, iridovirus, and mimivirus. In common with other viral hemorrhagic fevers, the main target cells...

The giant mimivirus...

Didier Raoult (2008). "The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus". Nature. 455 (7205): 100–4. Bibcode:2008Natur.455..100L. doi:10.1038/nature07218...