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Mimivirus: leading the way in the discovery of giant viruses of amoebae
The accidental discovery of the giant virus of amoeba — Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV; more commonly known as mimivirus) — in 2003 changed the field of virology. Viruses were previously defined by their submicroscopic size, which probably prevented the search for giant viruses, which are vi...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7096837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28239153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro.2016.197 |