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  • Title: Mimiviruses: Replication, Purification, and Quantification.
    Author: Abrahão JS, Oliveira GP, Ferreira da Silva LC, Dos Santos Silva LK, Kroon EG, La Scola B.
    Journal: Curr Protoc Microbiol; 2016 May 06; 41():14G.1.1-14G.1.13. PubMed ID: 27153385.
    Abstract:
    The aim of this protocol is to describe the replication, purification, and titration of mimiviruses. These viruses belong to the Mimiviridae family, the first member of which was isolated in 1992 from a cooling tower water sample collected during an outbreak of pneumonia in a hospital in Bradford, England. In recent years, several new mimiviruses have been isolated from different environmental conditions. These giant viruses are easily replicated in amoeba of the Acanthamoeba genus, its natural host. Mimiviruses present peculiar features that make them unique viruses, such as the particle and genome size and the genome's complexity. The discovery of these viruses rekindled discussions about their origin and evolution, and the genetic and structural complexity opened up a new field of study. Here, we describe some methods utilized for mimiviruses replication, purification, and titration. © 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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