Bodo saltans virus

The Bodo saltans virus is a giant virus of the Mimiviridae family that infects the protozoa Bodo saltans.^[1] It has a genome of 1.39 megabases, one of the largest known viral genomes.^[1]

Bodo saltans cell 24 hr post-BsV infection showing degraded intracellular structures and a BsV virus factory (black arrow head).^[1]

Bodo saltans virus
(A) shows a mature BsV virion. (B) shows a healthy Bodo saltans cell. (C) and (D) show a post-infection state, assembly, and maturation of the virus inside a Bodo saltans cell.
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Varidnaviria
Kingdom:	Bamfordvirae
Phylum:	Nucleocytoviricota
Class:	Megaviricetes
Order:	Imitervirales
Family:	Mimiviridae
Virus:	Bodo saltans virus

References

1. Deeg, C.M.; Chow, E.C.T.; Suttle, C.A. (2018). "The kinetoplastid-infecting Bodo saltans virus (BsV), a window into the most abundant giant viruses in the sea". eLife. 7: e33014. doi:10.7554/eLife.33014. PMC 5871332. PMID 29582753.