Pandoravirus_salinus

<i>Pandoravirus salinus</i>

Pandoravirus salinus

Species of virus

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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]

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  1. [1]
    Than, K. (18 July 2013). "Jumbo viruses hint at 'fourth domain' of life". Fox News. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
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    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; Kroon, Erna Geessien; Abrahão, Jônatas Santos (March 2019). Sandri-Goldin, Rozanne M. (ed.). "New Isolates of Pandoraviruses: Contribution to the Study of Replication Cycle Steps". Journal of Virology. 93 (5): e01942–18. doi:10.1128/JVI.01942-18. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 6384056. PMID 30541841.


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