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mirusviruses

mirusviruses is the plural of mirusvirus.

Meaning of mirusvirus

Noun

mirusvirus (plural mirusviruses)

  1. A virus of the phylum Mirusviricota, a widespread group of plankton-infecting viruses which forms a "missing link" between giant viruses and herpesviruses.
    • Yet, a substantial fraction of mirusvirus genes, including hallmark transcription machinery genes missing in herpesviruses, are closely related homologues of giant eukaryotic DNA viruses from another viral realm, Varidnaviria.2023 April 19, Morgan Gaïa, Lingjie Meng, Eric Pelletier, Patrick Forterre, Chiara Vanni, Antonio Fernandez-Guerra, Olivier Jaillon, Patrick Wincker, Hiroyuki Ogata, Mart Krupovic, Tom O. Delmont...

Questions about mirusviruses

What is mirusviruses the plural of?
Mirusviruses is the plural of mirusvirus.

Words near mirusviruses in the dictionary

  1. mirtron
  2. mirtrons
  3. mirudhangam
  4. mirudhangams
  5. mirusvirus
  6. mirusviruses
  7. miruthangam
  8. miruthangams
  9. mirv
  10. mirved
  11. mirvetuximab soravtansine

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