... to directly infect humans, without using amoebae as a Trojan horse. In fact, recent studies have demonstrated the presence of viruses of Marseilleviridae and Mimiviridae families in human samples [ 1,12 ]. For the future, we suggest expanding the seroprevalence studies to other countries, for example...

... to in the content or advertisements. Mimivirus Marseillevirus Mimiviridae Marseilleviridae Megavirales Amoeba Humans Pathogenicity Disease The third evidence of human exposure to Mimivirus in association with clinical symptoms was provided by a young couple living in France who had travelled...

...) , and a heterokontophyta (Phytophthora infestans) (fig. 6 ). Fig. 4 Phylogenetic reconstruction based on a concatenated alignment of the D6-D11 helicase, the major capsid protein, and the DNA polymerase B family from the members of the family Marseilleviridae. A. polyphaga mimivirus , another member...

... Acanthamoeba spp. Amoeba Marseillevirus Marseilleviridae Megavirales Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses In regards to amino acyl-tRNA synthetases, asparaginyl-tRNA synthetases are present in amoebae-associated mimiviruses of lineages B and C but are absent from genomes of amoebae-associated...

... of the prevalence of mimiviruses, their virophages and marseilleviruses in humans. Members of families Mimiviridae and ‘Marseilleviridae' appear to be common in our environment. In fact, metagenomic studies have revealed the presence of sequences similar to Mimivirus genomic DNA in environmental samples...