Biology:Pandoravirus salinus

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Pandoravirus salinus
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Group I (dsDNA)
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Pandoravirus salinus

Pandoravirus salinus is a large virus of genus Pandoravirus, found in the marine sediment layer of the Tunquen River in Chile , and is one of the largest viruses identified, along with Pandoravirus dulcis.[1][2] It is 2.5 million nucleobases long, encodes for about 2,500 genes, and is visible through an optical microscope. It was first identified in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Than, K. (18 July 2013). "Jumbo viruses hint at 'fourth domain' of life". Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/07/18/jumbo-viruses-hint-at-fourth-domain-life/. Retrieved 18 July 2013. 
  2. Pereira Andrade, Ana Cláudia dos Santos; Victor de Miranda Boratto, Paulo; Rodrigues, Rodrigo Araújo Lima; Bastos, Talita Machado; Azevedo, Bruna Luiza; Dornas, Fábio Pio; Oliveira, Danilo Bretas; Drumond, Betânia Paiva et al. (March 2019). Sandri-Goldin, Rozanne M.. ed. "New Isolates of Pandoraviruses: Contribution to the Study of Replication Cycle Steps" (in en). Journal of Virology 93 (5): e01942–18. doi:10.1128/JVI.01942-18. ISSN 0022-538X. PMID 30541841. 

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