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Megavirus is a
viral genus,
phylogenetically related to
Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). In
colloquial speech,
Megavirus chilense is more commonly...
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characterized giant viruses are the
phylogenetically related mimivirus and
megavirus,
which belong to the
family Mimiviridae (aka Megaviridae), and are distinguished...
- pandoravirus,
cedratvirus (sometimes
classified as a
subgroup of pithovirus),
megavirus and
pacmanvirus (part of Asfarviridae) families,
which weren't previously...
- the
ocean floor off the
coast of Las Cruces, Chile.
Provisionally named Megavirus chilensis, it can be seen with a
basic optical microscope. In 2013, the...
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Pandoravirus ****oma;
Pandoravirus mammoth and
Megavirus mammoth;
Cedratvirus lena;
Pithovirus mammoth;
Megavirus mammoth;
Pacmanvirus lupus....
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general NCLDV group. The
mimivirus is the fourth-largest virus,
after the
Megavirus chilensis,
Pandoravirus and Pithovirus.
Mimivirus has a
capsid diameter...
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similar to
those of Sputnik, and
three are
similar to Mimiviridae: two to
Megavirus chilensis and
another to the
transpoviron of
Moumouvirus monve. One Zamilon...
- and
Buchnera for Gammaproteobacteria. Some of the
largest virions like
Megavirus chilense, Pandoravirus,
Pithovirus and
Mimivirus are
comparable in size...
- megabases, was
described in 1992 but not
recognized as a
virus until 2003.
Megavirus,
discovered in
seawater off the
coast of
Chile in 2011, has a
genome size...
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Mimivirus and
Megavirus,
Pandoravirus infects amoebas, but its genome,
containing 1.9 to 2.5
megabases of DNA, is
twice as
large as that of
Megavirus, and it...
