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Marine mimivirus relatives are probably large algal viruses [PDF]

Virology Journal, 2008
Background Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus is the largest known ds-DNA virus and its 1.2 Mb-genome sequence has revealed many unique features. Mimivirus occupies an independent lineage among eukaryotic viruses and its known hosts include only species ...
Claverie Jean-Michel, Sandaa Ruth-Anne, Bratbak Gunnar, Larsen Jens, Monier Adam, Ogata Hiroyuki   +5 more
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Post-Mortem Detection and Visualization of Mimivirus Reactivation in Fatal Viral Pneumonia [PDF]

Viruses
Mimivirus, a giant double-stranded DNA virus ($1.2$ Mbp), possesses unique bacteria-like features, including a Gram-positive staining reaction due to peptidoglycan-containing surface fibers.
Parandzem Khachatryan, Naira Karalyan, Anna Semerjyan, Marina Tatoyan, Hakob Davtyan, Arsham Yeremyan, Sona Hakobyan, Hranush Avagyan, Lina Hakobyan, Liana Abroyan, Aida Avetisyan, Elena Karalova, Nane Bayramyan, Tigranuhi Vardanyan, Vahagn Gevorgyan, Elina Arakelova, Alexandr Karalyan, Zaven Karalyan   +17 more
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Visualization of giant Mimivirus in a movie for biology classrooms [PDF]

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
We have developed a new observation chamber for Mimivirus-infected Acanthamoeba to create dynamic visual teaching materials for virus education suitable for high school and university biology courses.
Kanako Morioka, Ayumi Fujieda, Masaharu Takemura   +2 more
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Structural Studies of the Giant Mimivirus

PLoS Biology, 2009
Mimivirus is the largest known virus whose genome and physical size are comparable to some small bacteria, blurring the boundary between a virus and a cell.
Chuan Xiao, Christina De Castro, Victor A Kostyuchenko   +2 more
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Acanthamoeba polyphaga de novo transcriptome and its dynamics during Mimivirus infection [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Mimivirus bradfordmassiliense (Mimivirus) is a giant virus that infects Acanthamoeba species – opportunistic human pathogens. Long- and short-read sequencing were used to generate a de novo transcriptome of the host and followed the dynamics of both host
Reut Bickels Nuri, Ester Feldmesser, Yael Fridmann-Sirkis, Hadas Keren-Shaul, Reinat Nevo, Abraham Minsky, Ziv Reich   +6 more
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Broad Spectrum of Mimiviridae Virophage Allows Its Isolation Using a Mimivirus Reporter [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The giant virus Mimiviridae family includes 3 groups of viruses: group A (includes Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus), group B (includes Moumouvirus) and group C (includes Megavirus chilensis).
Morgan Gaia, Isabelle Pagnier, Didier Raoult   +2 more
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Intracellular iron positively modulates the replicative cycle of mimiviruses, increasing virus production [PDF]

Journal of Virology
Mimiviruses, members of the Nucleocytoviricota phylum, produce large, pseudo-icosahedral virions densely coated with fibrils, except at a specialized fivefold vertex known as the stargate.
Juliana dos Santos Oliveira, Claudia F. Dick, Gabriel Henrique Pereira Nunes, Victor Alejandro Essus, Jason Schrad, Sundharraman Subramanian, Jônatas Abrahão, José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes, Kristin Parent, Juliana Reis Cortines   +9 more
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Mimivirus transcription and translation occur at well-defined locations within amoeba host cells [PDF]

Journal of Virology
Many giant viruses replicate in the cytoplasm in viral factories. How exactly these viral factories are established and where the different steps of the replication cycle occur remain largely obscure.
Lotte Mayer, Georgi Nikolov, Martin Kunert, Matthias Horn, Anouk Willemsen   +4 more
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Ultrastructural Characterization of the Giant Volcano-like Virus Factory of Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus

PLoS ONE, 2007
Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus is a giant double-stranded DNA virus defining a new genus, the Mimiviridae, among the Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses (NCLDV).
Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult
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Membrane Assembly during the Infection Cycle of the Giant Mimivirus [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2013
Although extensively studied, the structure, cellular origin and assembly mechanism of internal membranes during viral infection remain unclear. By combining diverse imaging techniques, including the novel Scanning-Transmission Electron Microscopy ...
Eyal Shimoni, Abraham Minsky
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