Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Research Letter
PCR Detection of Mimivirus
Didier Raoult
, Anthony Levasseur, and Bernard La Scola
, Anthony Levasseur, and Bernard La Scola
Table
Mimivirus genomes in the public domain screened to determine whether the genomes were complementary with their primers/probes*
| Lineage A (GenBank accession no.) | Lineage B (GenBank accession no.) | Lineage C (GenBank accession no.) |
|---|---|---|
| Mimivirus fauteuil (CWKE00000000) | Moumouvirus ochan (CXPE00000000) | Megavirus shan (CWIL00000000) |
| Mimivirus longchamps (CXOV00000000) | Moumouvirus istres (PRJEB9189) | Megavirus montpellier3 (CWIA00000000) |
| Mimivirus marais (PRJEB9199) | Moumouvirus battle49 (CXOS00000000) | Megavirus mont1 (CWIO00000000) |
| Mimivirus lactours (CXOL00000000) | Moumouvirus saoudian (CXOQ00000000) | Megavirus avenue9 (CWHN00000000) |
| Mimivirus PointeRouge1 (CXOW00000000) | Moumouvirus boug1 (PRJEB9190) | Megavirus balcon (PRJEB9194) |
| Mimivirus PointeRouge2 (CXOU00000000) | Moumouvirus goulette (KC008572) | Megavirus ursino (CWJY00000000) |
| Mimivirus T3 (CXOR00000000) | Moumouvirus Monve (JN885994–JN886001) | Megavirus T1 (CWIB00000000) |
| Mimivirus huitre A06 (CWJT00000000) | Megavirus battle43 (CWHV00000000) | |
| Mimivirus amazonia (CWHO00000000) | Megavirus T4 (CWJR00000000) | |
| Mimivirus battle7 (CWJW00000000) | Megavirus J3 (CWIN00000000) | |
| Mimivirus battle19 (CWJX00000000) | Megavirus T6 (CWJQ00000000) | |
| Mimivirus battle27 (CWJS00000000) | Megavirus chilensis (NC_016072) | |
| Mimivirus battle57 (CWJZ00000000) | Megavirus courdo11 (JX975216) | |
| Mimivirus battle66 (CWKA00000000) | Megavirus lba† (JX885207) | |
| Mimivirus battle83 (CWKG00000000) | Powai lake megavirus (KU877344) | |
| Mimivirus battle86 (CWKD00000000) | Megavirus terra1 (KF527229) | |
| Mimivirus T2 (CXOT00000000) | Megavirus courdo5 (CWID00000000) | |
| Mimivirus battle6 (CWJU00000000) | Megavirus bus (CWIQ00000000) | |
| Mimivirus dakar4 (CWKF00000000) | Megavirus courdo7 (JN885990–JN885993) | |
| Mimivirus (AY653733) | ||
| Mimivirus Bombay (KU761889) | ||
| Mimivirus terra 2 (PRJNA240235) | ||
| Samba virus (KF959826) | ||
| Mimivirus lentille (AFYC00000000) |
Mimivirus urine†
*Bold indicates genomes that would be predicted to be successfully amplified using the PCR primers and probes in the article by Zhang et al. (1).
†Mimiviruses isolated from human samples.
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