A "giant" virus discovered in the soils of northern Europe?

In the invisible depths of northern soils, an unsuspected life unfolds on a microscopic scale. It is in a simple Finnish compost that a giant virus, previously unknown, has arisen. Baptised as Jyvaskylavirus, this viral colossus defies the usual proportions of infectious agents and upsets the maps of modern virology. Its discovery in an environment as ordinary as local opens a new chapter on the viral diversity of boreal areas. A microscopic col…