Marseilleviridae
Encyclopedia
Marseilleviridae is a family of double stranded DNA viruses. It is a member of the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses
clade.
but subsequent studies showed it to be only distantly related.
Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses
The nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses or NCLDV refers to a number of families of large eukaryotic DNA viruses:# Asfarviridae# Iridoviridae# Marseilleviridae# Megaviridae# Mimiviridae# Phycodnaviridae# Poxviridae...
clade.
Taxonomy
There is one genus (Marseillevirus) in this family and one species within this genus currently recognised. It was originally grouped with the MimivirusMimivirus
Mimivirus is a viral genus containing a single identified species named Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus , or is a group of phylogenetically related large viruses . In colloquial speech, APMV is more commonly referred to as just “mimivirus”...
but subsequent studies showed it to be only distantly related.