New megavirus found - Technology - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News: "Researchers have managed to isolate what could be the largest virus ever discovered so far from ocean water off the coast of Chile.
The virus, "Megavirus chilensis," is 10 to 20 times wider than an average virus, they said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US.
"Here, we present Megavirus chilensis, a giant virus isolated off the coast of Chile, but capable of replicating in fresh water acanthamoeba. Its 1,259,197-bp genome is the largest viral genome fully sequenced so far. It encodes 1,120 putative proteins, of which 258 (23%) have no Mimivirus homologs," they said.
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