Scientists have identified a mysterious virus whose genes have never been observed in the entire history of research of viruses. Scientists recovered this virus from Lake Pampulha and named it Yara after a water-queen figure in Brazilian mythology. Scientists only found distant resemblance of six genes from the viral genes documented in public scientific databases and 90% of genes remained unidentified. Scientists believe that the amount of unfamiliar genes comprising the Yara virus particles reflects the vastness of the viral world and the requirement for the identification of new viral genomes for potential research.