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spiraviruses

spiraviruses is the plural of spiravirus.

Meaning of spiravirus

Noun

spiravirus (plural spiraviruses)

  1. Any virus of the family Spiraviridae.
    • With the exception of anelloviruses, bidnaviruses, spiraviruses, and some inoviruses, the replicative protein of ssDNA viruses is the so-called HUH endonuclease that cuts genomic DNA at a specific site and initiates rolling circle (or rolling hairpin) replication.2021 February 24, Encyclopedia of Virology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 43

Questions about spiraviruses

What is spiraviruses the plural of?
Spiraviruses is the plural of spiravirus.

Words near spiraviruses in the dictionary

  1. spirasters
  2. spirated
  3. spiration
  4. spirations
  5. spiravirus
  6. spiraviruses
  7. spiraxid
  8. spiraxids
  9. spire
  10. spirea
  11. spireas

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