Medusavirus

medusavirus English Etymology From en grc Μέδουσα Medusa virus. From en la virus en virus. From being a en virus which can turn amoeba into stone-like cysts. From Medusa, the Greek mythological figure which could petrify people with a glance. Proper noun en virology An informal genus of the informal family Medusaviridae, large DNA viruses that infect amoeba. en March 20, 2019 The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/giant-medusavirus-hosts-turn-to-stone/585289/ Beware the Medusavirus Sarah Zhang The newest giant virus is Medusavirus, so named because of the way it infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that commonly live in water. https://web.archive.org/web/20251212220026/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/giant-medusavirus-hosts-turn-to-stone/585289/ 12 December 2025 en October 24, 2019 10.1074/jbc.AC119.011196 Journal of Biological Chemistry German Andrés; et al. The cryo-EM structure of African swine fever virus unravels a unique architecture comprising two icosahedral protein capsids and two lipoprotein membranes Many of the NCLDVs, including the phycodnavirus Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus (PBCV-1), the iridovirus Chilo iridescent virus (CIV), the mimivirus Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (CroV), or the giant amoeba-infecting Faustovirus, Pacmanvirus, and Medusavirus, present large icosahedral capsids composed of trimers of a MCP that displays a double jelly-roll fold. en March 16, 2020 Pathogens 10.3390/pathogens9030217 Issam Hasni; et al. Description of Virulent Factors and Horizontal Gene Transfers of Keratitis-Associated Amoeba Acanthamoeba Triangularis by Genome Analysis Furthermore, we identified 5 A. triangularis homologous sequences shared with Medusavirus, a giant virus that replicates on Acanthamoeba castellanii, which was isolated from hot spring water. Usage notes Not accepted in ICTV 2019; does not appear in Viralzone as of June 8, 2020. Hypernyms genus mul Virus, Medusaviridae - "family" References en Medusavirus en Viruses