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bracoviruses

bracoviruses is the plural of bracovirus.

Meaning of bracovirus

Noun

bracovirus (plural bracoviruses)

  1. Any member of the genus Bracovirus, of viruses that are symbiotic with specific braconids.
    • The genetic analyses of the bracovirus Cm V support the hypothesis of transmission of polydnaviruses through the wasps' germline, but the mechanism utilized by bracoviruses presently is unclear.1993, Jo-Ann G. W. Fleming, Peter J. Krell, “Chapter 9: Polydnavirus Genome Organization”, in Nancy E. Beckage, Stephen A. Thompson, B. A. Federici, editors, Parasites and Pathogens of Insects...

Questions about bracoviruses

What is bracoviruses the plural of?
Bracoviruses is the plural of bracovirus.

Words near bracoviruses in the dictionary

  1. braconnieres
  2. braconnière
  3. braconnières
  4. bracoviral
  5. bracovirus
  6. bracoviruses
  7. bract
  8. bractea
  9. bracteal
  10. bracteas
  11. bracteate

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