pandoravirus
pandoravirus noun: any of the genus Pandoravirus of very large viruses that infect amoebas.
Noun
pandoravirus (plural pandoraviruses)
- Any of the genus Pandoravirus of very large viruses that infect amoebas.
- To determine whether Submariner_Ps1 proliferation occurred within the P. salinus genome, or whether the multiple Submariner_Ps1 insertions resulted from independent introductions from a different genome (e.g. a viral host), we used 100 bp of immediately flanking sequence from all 30 Submariner_Ps1...2015 June 12, Cheng Sun et al., “DNA transposons have colonized the genome of the giant virus Pandoravirus salinus”, in BMC Biology, volume 13, →DOI
Forms of pandoravirus
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Origin of pandoravirus
From the genus name.
Questions about pandoravirus
- What does pandoravirus mean?
- Pandoravirus means any of the genus Pandoravirus of very large viruses that infect amoebas.
- What part of speech is pandoravirus?
- Pandoravirus is a noun.
- What is the plural of pandoravirus?
- The plural of pandoravirus is pandoraviruses.
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