Marseillevirus | |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group I (dsDNA) |
Family: | Marseilleviridae |
Genus: | Marseillevirus |
Species | |
Marseillevirus |
The Marseillevirus is the prototype of a family of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) of eukaryotes (commonly known as Giant Viruses). It was isolated from amoeba.[1]
The genome of the virus includes typical NCLDV core genes and genes apparently obtained from eukaryotic hosts and their parasites or symbionts, both bacterial and viral, through probably horizontal gene transfer mechanism.
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The virus is named after the French town of Marseille.
The genome has a length of 368-kb, with a G+C content of 44.73%, which makes Marseillevirus the fifth largest viral genome sequenced so far. It encodes a minimum of 49 proteins, and some messenger RNAs.
Other Giant viruses: