Sentences with phrase «discovered giant viruses»

Two newly discovered giant viruses have the most comprehensive toolkit for assembling proteins found in any known virus.

Not exact matches

In the article published in Science, the researchers announced they had discovered two new giant viruses:

A group of giant viruses called Mimiviruses was first discovered in 2003, and a handful of such groups have been reported since.

Recently discovered giant, amoeba - infecting viruses blur the line between life and nonlife — although they rely on their hosts for essential biological functions, the bacteria - sized viruses have complex genomes.

But after discovering a novel group of giant viruses with a more complete set of translation machinery genes than any other virus known to date, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, believe that this group (dubbed «Klosneuviruses») significantly increases our understanding of viral evolution.

Scientists have been fascinated by giant viruses since 2003, when a group of French biologists led by Didier Raoult discovered the Mimiviruses.

Although giant viruses almost always target amoebae, Christelle Desnues, a virologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Marseilles, last year discovered signs that another giant virus, Marseillevirus, had infected an 11 - month - old boy.

Claverie and Abergel have helped to discover other so - called giant viruses — including the first, called Mimivirus, in 2003, and two others, known as Pandoraviruses, last year (see «Giant viruses open Pandora's box&raqgiant viruses — including the first, called Mimivirus, in 2003, and two others, known as Pandoraviruses, last year (see «Giant viruses open Pandora's box&raqGiant viruses open Pandora's box»).