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| Mimivirus | |
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| Mimivirus with two satellite Sputnik virophages (arrows) | |
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Mimivirus |
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Mimivirus is an extra-large virus. It was discovered in 1992.
APMV was found accidentally inside the amoeba Acanthamoeba polyphaga. The virus was seen in a gram stain and mistakenly thought to be a gram-positive bacterium.
It is either a viral genus with a single species, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV), or it is a group of phylogenetically-related large viruses (MimiN).
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