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Pithovirus,
first described in a 2014 paper, is a
genus of
giant virus known from two species,
Pithovirus siberi****,
which infects amoebas and Pithovirus...
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second largest in
physical size of any
known viral genus,
behind only
Pithovirus.
Pandoraviruses have
double stranded DNA genomes, with the
largest genome...
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rapidly expanding universe of
giant viruses: Mimivirus, Pandoravirus,
Pithovirus and Mollivirus". FEMS
Microbiology Reviews. 39 (6): 779–96. doi:10.1093/femsre/fuv037...
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roenbergensis virus Klosneuvirus Mimivirus Nucleocytoviricota Pandoravirus Pithovirus Mamavirus Reynolds KA (2010). "Mysterious
Microbe in
Water Challenges...
- the top:
Pandoravirus ****oma;
Pandoravirus mammoth and
Megavirus mammoth;
Cedratvirus lena;
Pithovirus mammoth;
Megavirus mammoth;
Pacmanvirus lupus....
- this species. Also in 2014, two ~30,000
years old
giant virus species,
Pithovirus siberi**** and
Mollivirus siberi****, were
discovered in the
Siberian permafrost...
- fourth-largest virus,
after the
Megavirus chilensis,
Pandoravirus and
Pithovirus.
Mimivirus has a
capsid diameter of 400 nm.
Protein filaments measuring...
- permafrost,
where the team had
previously found the
unrelated giant virus Pithovirus siberi****.
Mollivirus siberi**** is a
spherical DNA
virus with a diameter...
- of micro-organisms and
infectious agents Agent Description Size (nm)
Pithovirus largest known virus 1,500 nm Pandoravirus one of the
largest known viruses...
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dates from
these trees.
Experiments to
revive this
cultivar are ongoing.
Pithovirus siberi****: 30,000 year old
giant virus Panagrolaimus kolymaensis: This...
