Mimivirus is a genus of giant viruses, in the family Mimiviridae. It is believed that Amoeba serve as their natural hosts. [2][3] It also refers to a group of phylogenetically related large viruses. [4] In …

TT virus (TTV) is the only known human virus with single-stranded circular DNA, with a possible but yet unclear relationship to chicken anemia virus (CAV) of the family Circoviridae. Here we …

2017年4月1日 · Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) and subsequently discovered giant viruses of amoebae challenge the previous definition of viruses and their classification. The …

The Mimivirus is a giant virus that infects amoebae and was long considered to be a bacterium due to its size. The viral particles are composed of a protein capsid of ~500 nm in diameter, …

2014年6月30日 · Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) was the first known mimivirus, isolated from an amoebal co-culture present in a water sample collected from a cooling tower …

小细环病毒(Torque teno mini virus, TTMV)和中细环病毒(Torque teno midi virus, TTMDV)因基因组小于TTV而得名(分别约为2.8kb、3.2kb和3.8kb)，且已在很多动物中发现了大量相关病毒，这 …

Mimivirus is the largest and most complex virus known. Is it an evolutionary bridge between nonliving viruses and living organisms, or is it just an anomaly?

2013年10月30日 · A novel torque teno mini virus (TTMV) was identified in two patients and the sequence of the full genomes were determined. The virus is significantly different from the …

We recently described a giant double stranded DNA virus called Mimivirus, isolated from amoebae, which might represent a new pneumonia-associated human pathogen. Its unique …

2015年9月29日 · More than a century ago, the term ‘virus’ was introduced to describe infectious agents that are invisible by light microscopy and capable of passing through sterilizing filters. …