Megavirus

Megavirus is a virus with a single identified species, Megavirus chilensis (MGVC).^[1] It is phylogenetically related to or Mimivirus (APMV).^[2]

Megavirus
Virus classification
Group:	Group I (dsDNA)
(unranked):	Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses
Family:	Megaviridae
Genus:	Megavirus
Species
Megavirus chilensis

MGVC is usually referred to as just “Megavirus”. Until the discovery of pandoraviruses in 2013 it had the largest capsid diameter of all known viruses, and the largest and most complex genome among all known viruses.^[1]