Group Group I (dsDNA) | Order Unassigned Rank Family | |
Similar Pandoravirus, Pithovirus, Mollivirus sibericum, Marseillevirus, Megavirus | ||
Pandoraviridae is a family of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect amoebae. There is only one genus in this family: Pandoravirus. Within this genus, two species have been described to date: Pandoravirus dulcis and Pandoravirus salinus.
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History
The viruses were discovered in 2013.
Description
The viruses in this family are the second largest known virus (~1 micrometer) in capsid length, after Pithovirus (1.5 micrometer). Pandoravirus has the largest viral genome known, containing double-stranded DNA of 1.9 to 2.5 megabase pairs.
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Pandoraviridae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA