Samba virus: a novel mimivirus from a giant rain forest, the Brazilian Amazon

Amoebae as Battlefields for Bacteria, Giant Viruses, and Virophages

(2013) M. Slimani et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Pandoraviruses: Amoeba Viruses with Genomes Up to 2.5 Mb Reaching That of Parasitic Eukaryotes

(2013) N. Philippe et al.   SCIENCE

Metagenomic Exploration of Viruses throughout the Indian Ocean

(2012) Shannon J. Williamson et al.   PLoS One

Virophages or satellite viruses?

(2011) Mart Krupovic et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Mimivirus shows dramatic genome reduction after intraamoebal culture

(2011) M. Boyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics

(2011) S. Yau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae

(2011) D. Arslan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Virophage at the Origin of Large DNA Transposons

(2011) M. G. Fischer et al.   SCIENCE

Virophages to viromes: a report from the frontier of viral oceanography

(2011) Alexander I Culley   Current Opinion in Virology

Giant viruses in the environment: their origins and evolution

(2011) Takashi Yamada   Current Opinion in Virology

Inside the Lifestyle of the Virophage

(2010) C. Desnues et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

Giant virus with a remarkable complement of genes infects marine zooplankton

(2010) M. G. Fischer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mimivirus: the emerging paradox of quasi-autonomous viruses

(2010) Jean-Michel Claverie et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Mimivirus and Mimiviridae: Giant viruses with an increasing number of potential hosts, including corals and sponges

(2009) Jean-Michel Claverie et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Structural Studies of the Giant Mimivirus

(2009) Chuan Xiao et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus

(2008) Bernard La Scola et al.   NATURE

Marine mimivirus relatives are probably large algal viruses

(2008) Adam Monier et al.   Virology Journal