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Sharma V., Colson P., Pontarotti P., Raoult Didier. (2016). Mimivirus inaugurated in the 21st century the beginning of a reclassification of viruses. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 31, p. 16-24. ISSN 1369-5274.

Titre du document
Mimivirus inaugurated in the 21st century the beginning of a reclassification of viruses
Année de publication
2016
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000378454200005
Auteurs
Sharma V., Colson P., Pontarotti P., Raoult Didier
Source
Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2016, 31, p. 16-24 ISSN 1369-5274
Mimivirus and other giant viruses are visible by light microscopy and bona fide microbes that differ from other viruses and from cells that have a ribosome. They can be defined by: giant virion and genome sizes; their complexity, with the presence of DNA and mRNAs and dozens or hundreds of proteins in virions; the presence of translation-associated components; a mobilome including (pro)virophages (and a defence mechanism, named MIMIVIRE, against them) and transpovirons; their monophyly; the presence of the most archaic protein motifs they share with cellular organisms but not other viruses; a broader host range than other viruses. These features show that giant viruses are specific, autonomous, biological entities that warrant the creation of a new branch of microbes.
Plan de classement
Sciences fondamentales / Techniques d'analyse et de recherche [020] ; Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052] ; Biotechnologies [084]
Identifiant IRD
PAR00014807
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