mamavirus
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See also: Mamavirus
English
Etymology
Alteration of mimivirus by analogy with pairs such as mini–maxi and micro–macro. Coined by La Scola et al in 2008.[1]
Noun
mamavirus (plural mamaviruses)
- Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus, a member of family Mimiviridae, larger than any previously identified virus.
References
mamavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
mamavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Mimiviridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Bernard La Scola et al. (2008) “The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus”, in Nature, volume 45, pages 100-104: “We isolated a new strain of APMV [Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus], by inoculating A. polyphaga with water from a cooling tower, in Paris. We denoted this new strain mamavirus because it seemed to be even larger than mimivirus when observed by transmission electron microscopy.”