@article{PAR00011797,
  title = {{Z}amilon, a novel virophage with mimiviridae host specificity},
  author = {{G}aia, {M}. and {B}enamar, {S}. and {B}oughalmi, {M}. and {P}agnier, {I}. and {C}roce, {O}. and {C}olson, {P}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {L}a {S}cola, {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{V}irophages, which are potentially important ecological regulators, have been discovered in association with members of the order {M}egavirales. {S}putnik virophages target the {M}imiviridae, {M}avirus was identified with the {C}afeteria roenbergensis virus, and virophage genomes reconstructed by metagenomic analyses may be associated with the {P}hycodnaviridae. {D}espite the fact that the {S}putnik virophages were isolated with viruses belonging to group {A} of the {M}imiviridae, they can grow in amoebae infected by {M}imiviridae from groups {A}, {B} or {C}. {I}n this study we describe {Z}amilon, the first virophage isolated with a member of group {C} of the {M}imiviridae family. {B}y co-culturing amoebae with purified {Z}amilon, we found that the virophage is able to multiply with members of groups {B} and {C} of the {M}imiviridae family but not with viruses from group {A}. {Z}amilon has a 17,276 bp {DNA} genome that potentially encodes 20 genes. {M}ost of these genes are closely related to genes from the {S}putnik virophage, yet two are more related to {M}egavirus chiliensis genes, a group {B} {M}imiviridae, and one to {M}oumouvirus monve transpoviron.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {e94923},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0094923},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00011797},
}