Meanings
nounmegalocytivirus (plural megalocytiviruses)
plural megalocytiviruses
- Any of the genus Megalocytivirus of viruses in the family Iridoviridae, infecting teleost fishes.
Further studies are necessary to investigate what factors determine the immune response against recombinant viral proteins, in particular MCP, in the different megalocytiviruses.
2015 August 7, Ad de Groof et al., “A Novel Virus Causes Scale Drop Disease in Lates calcarifer”, in PLoS Pathogens, volume 11, →DOI
Origin
From the genus name.
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