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Giant viruses of the Mimivirus-type
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- 23. Dezember 2019
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2019ECR1126_Michel R etal
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011-015
- Schlagwort(e)
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Mimivirus-like giant virus, Saccamoeba sp., host range, habitate liverwort
- Zusammenfsg.
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After we had isolated saccamoebae from bark that had been infected with giant viruses (Michel et al. 2015), we once again isolated infected saccamoebae from another terrestrial habitat, Liverwort, grown on a flowerpot with a young marshmallow. Capsids measuring from 390-430 nm could be observed, which were formed by a virus factory in the cytoplasm of the host amoebae. The extremely long tail appendages varied in length from 1170 nm to 1226 nm. These giant viruses proved to be host specific to their original host, as they did infect neither acanthamoebae nor Saccamoeba lacustris, the host of our other terrestrial isolate “KSL5”. The temporary working name "Bryovirus longicauda" is proposed.