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...

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

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

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