Megavirus chilensis

Megavirus chilensis

Taxonavigation

Classification System: ICTV (2023 Release, MSL#39, release v3)

(Unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Regnum: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Classis: Megaviricetes
Ordo: Imitervirales
Familia: Mimiviridae
(or Megaviridae)
Genus: Megavirus
Species: Megavirus chilensis

Name

Megavirus chilensis / chiliensis

References

• Legendre M., Arslan D., Abergel C., Claverie JM.: Genomics of Megavirus and the elusive fourth domain of Life. Commun Integr Biol. 2012 Jan 1;5(1):102-6. PMID: 22482024
• Arslan, D., Legendre, M., Seltzer, V., Abergel, C., Claverie, J.-M. 2011. "Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (42): 17486–91. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110889108. PMID: 21987820.

Links

• Taxonomy Browser