- Evol. 4 (1): vey006. doi:10.1093/ve/vey006. PMC 5829572. PMID 29511572. Viralzone:
Pithovirus "
Pithovirus siberi****". NCBI
Taxonomy Browser. 1450746....
- is the
third largest in
physical size of any
known viral genus,
behind Pithovirus and Megaklothovirus.
Pandoraviruses have
double stranded DNA genomes,...
- this species. Also in 2014, two ~30,000
years old
giant virus species,
Pithovirus siberi**** and
Mollivirus siberi****, were
discovered in the
Siberian permafrost...
- the top:
Pandoravirus ****oma;
Pandoravirus mammoth and
Megavirus mammoth;
Cedratvirus lena;
Pithovirus mammoth;
Megavirus mammoth;
Pacmanvirus lupus....
- fourth-largest virus,
after the
Megavirus chilensis,
Pandoravirus and
Pithovirus.
Mimivirus has a
capsid diameter of 400 nm.
Protein filaments measuring...
-
roenbergensis virus Klosneuvirus Mimivirus Nucleocytoviricota Pandoravirus Pithovirus Mamavirus Reynolds KA (2010). "Mysterious
Microbe in
Water Challenges...
-
rapidly expanding universe of
giant viruses: Mimivirus, Pandoravirus,
Pithovirus and Mollivirus". FEMS
Microbiology Reviews. 39 (6): 779–96. doi:10.1093/femsre/fuv037...
- of micro-organisms and
infectious agents Agent Description Size (nm)
Pithovirus largest known virus 1,500 nm Pandoravirus one of the
largest known viruses...
-
marine virus Parvovirus –
smallest known single stranded DNA
viruses Pithovirus –
largest virus by
capsid length (approximately 1.5 micrometre) Pandoraviridae...
- the
inspiration for
experiments that
discovered a
viable giant virus,
Pithovirus siberi****, in 30,000-year-old
Siberian permafrost; the
virus infects amoebas...
