Open AccessIsolation and Quantification of Mimivirus-Like and Marseillevirus-Like Viruses from Soil Samples in An Aboriginal <b><i>(</i></b>Orang asli<b><i>)</i></b> Village in Peninsular Malaysia
Author(s) -
Yeh Fong Tan,
Chai Ying Lim,
Chun Wie Chong,
Patricia Kim Chooi Lim,
Ivan Kok Seng Yap,
Pooi Pooi Leong,
Kenny Voon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
intervirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1423-0100
pISSN - 0300-5526
DOI - 10.1159/000491602
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , virology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
The giant amoebal viruses of Mimivirus and Marseillevirus are large DNA viruses and have been documented in water, soil, and sewage samples. The trend of discovering these giant amoebal viruses has been increasing throughout Asia with Japan, India, and Saudi Arabia being the latest countries to document the presence of these viruses. To date, there have been no reports of large amoebal viruses being isolated in South East Asia.