Broad spectrum of mimiviridae virophage allows its isolation using a mimivirus reporter.

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). Virophages have been isolated with both group A Mimiviridae (the Mamavirus strain) and the related Cafeteri...

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Main Authors: Morgan Gaia, Isabelle Pagnier, Angélique Campocasso, Ghislain Fournous, Didier Raoult, Bernard La Scola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3626643?pdf=render