An electron microscopy image of an [i]Acanthamoeba castellanii cell co-infected by the giant virus megavirus chilensis and the virophage zamilon vitis. At the center of the image, in dark gray, one ...

Paleopathology, paleovirology and molecular biology are helping to shed light on the complex history of ancient pathogens and diseases. These efforts are supported by sophisticated techniques, such as ...

With a name like Megavirus, one might think that these viruses are very big. And they would be right – until the discovery of Pandoraviruses in 2013, they were the biggest known viruses with the ...

Pandoravirus and Megavirus mammoth Both the Pandoravirus mammoth and Megavirus mammoth were discovered in 27,000-year-old clump of ice and frozen mammoth wool on the banks of the Yana river in Russia.

That research identified 13 "zombie" viruses revived from Siberian permafrost, three of which — P. mammoth, Megavirus mammoth and Pandoravirus mammoth — were discovered in the same prehistoric ...

In addition to Pandoravirus, the research team has discovered viruses belonging to a total of five phylogenetic groups: Cedratvirus, Megavirus, Pacmanvirus, and Pisovirus, 27,000 years ago.

Zombie viruses revived via thawing ancient permafrost demonstrates ‘public health risk’ While none of the 13 new viruses recovered from frozen soils in Russia are capable of infecting humans ...

Honoring their origin, the scientists named the viruses Pithovirus mammoth, Pandoravirus mammoth, and Megavirus mammoth. At the same time, two other viruses were separately isolated from the ...

Scientists have revived more than a dozen ancient viruses found in Siberian permafrost. In what could only sound like a science fiction movie, a team from Aix-Marseille University in France has ...