We describe the isolation, by coculture on Acanthamoeba sp., of a giant virus from the family of Mimiviridae from a wild specimen of a medical leech Hirudo medicinalis. It was named Hirudovirus. The H
We have isolated a new giant virus strain from Japanese ushiku-numa fresh water pond, which infects to Vermamoeba vermiformis. This virus is closely related to previously reported Clandestinovirus. In
