Pandoravirus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pandoravirus is a noun meaning Any of the genus Pandoravirus of very large viruses that infect amoebas.
Meaning
Any of the genus Pandoravirus of very large viruses that infect amoebas.
Example Sentences
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 insertions to query both amoeba and pandoravirus genomes using BLASTn.
Word Forms
- pandoraviruses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include medusavirus, ranavirus, pandorid, nodavirus, mamavirus, barnavirus.
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