@article{PAR00014807,
  title = {{M}imivirus inaugurated in the 21st century the beginning of a reclassification of viruses},
  author = {{S}harma, {V}. and {C}olson, {P}. and {P}ontarotti, {P}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}imivirus 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. {T}hey can be defined by: giant virion and genome sizes; their complexity, with the presence of {DNA} and m{RNA}s 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. {T}hese features show that giant viruses are specific, autonomous, biological entities that warrant the creation of a new branch of microbes.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}urrent {O}pinion in {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {31},
  numero = {},
  pages = {16--24},
  ISSN = {1369-5274},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.mib.2015.12.010},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00014807},
}