MIMIVIRE is a defence system in mimivirus that confers resistance to virophage

CRISPR-Cas immunity in prokaryotes

(2015) Luciano A. Marraffini   NATURE

How the virophage compels the need to readdress the classification of microbes

(2015) Didier Raoult   VIROLOGY

CRISPR-Cas Systems: Prokaryotes Upgrade to Adaptive Immunity

(2014) Rodolphe Barrangou et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Zamilon, a Novel Virophage with Mimiviridae Host Specificity

(2014) Morgan Gaia et al.   PLoS One

TRUC or the Need for a New Microbial Classification

(2013) Didier Raoult   INTERVIROLOGY

Amoebae as Battlefields for Bacteria, Giant Viruses, and Virophages

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

A bacteriophage encodes its own CRISPR/Cas adaptive response to evade host innate immunity

(2013) Kimberley D. Seed et al.   NATURE

Comparative genomics of defense systems in archaea and bacteria

(2013) Kira S. Makarova et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Virophages, polintons, and transpovirons: a complex evolutionary network of diverse selfish genetic elements with different reproduction strategies

(2013) Natalya Yutin et al.   Virology Journal

The CRISPR Associated Protein Cas4 Is a 5′ to 3′ DNA Exonuclease with an Iron-Sulfur Cluster

(2012) Jing Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Mycobacteria as Amoeba-Resistant Organisms

(2011) Felix Mba Medie et al.   PLoS One

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

Gene Exchange and the Origin of Giant Viruses

(2010) Jonathan Filée et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

Giant Viruses: Conflicts in Revisiting the Virus Concept

(2010) Patrick Forterre   INTERVIROLOGY

Amoebae as Genitors and Reservoirs of Giant Viruses

(2010) Didier Raoult et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus

(2008) Bernard La Scola et al.   NATURE