by Merry Youle — Without a doubt, Mimivirus is remarkable. For a virus, it is extraordinarily large and complex. But it is hardly one of a kind. The more that researchers look for large viruses, the more they find. Although phages generally tend to have small genomes, some managing with but a handful of genes, a glance at the current NCBI list reveals...
by Elio — New and tantalizing facts continue to emerge from those on the frontlines studying the giant viruses. A recent paper by La Scola et al. reports the discovery of a novel virus found in amoebas that requires mimivirus for replication. This defective virus has been called Sputnik...
by Elio — Combine the new imaging techniques with the colossal and eyecatching Mimivirus, and you'd expect some stunning images. A recently published paper does not disappoint. The authors used...
