May 10, 2019 by News Staff

A team of researchers has isolated a new giant virus from hot spring water in Japan. Named medusavirus, the virus infects a species of amoeba called Acanthamoeba...

Sep 9, 2015 by News Staff

The saga of giant Acanthamoeba-infecting viruses started in 2003 with the discovery of Mimivirus. Two additional types of giant viruses have been discovered...

Sep 19, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists from Canada and the United States have isolated a new unicellular anaerobic eukaryote from brackish estuarine sediment collected just below...