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Megavirus, the biggest known virus

submitted by profvrr on December 15, 2011

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Tags: acanthamoeba , evolution , megavirus , mimivirus , viral , virology , virus

Source: www.virology.ws

The mantle of world’s biggest virus has passed from Mimivirus to Megavirus. But in this case, size doesn’t matter. It’s the genes that these viruses share and do not share that make this story important.

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