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(virology) A giant virus infecting amoebae causing them to shrivel and harden..
Here, we report the novel features of medusavirus, a large DNA virus newly isolated from hot spring water in Japan.
On the other hand, medusavirus-infected amoeba cells show moderately decreased cell motility later than those of mimivirus-infected cells and change the cells to a cyst-like formation.
MGVL27, medusaviruses, sylvanviruses and MGVL24 represented the viral lineages with the highest genome novelty...
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Medusavirus means (virology) A giant virus infecting amoebae causing them to shrivel and harden..
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Here, we report the novel features of medusavirus, a large DNA virus newly isolated from hot spring water in Japan.
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