Mollivirus
| Mollivirus sibericum | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group I (dsDNA) |
| Order: | Unassigned |
| Family: | Unassigned |
| Genus: | Mollivirus |
| Species | |
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Mollivirus sibericum is a giant virus discovered in 2015 by French researchers Chantal Abergel and Jean-Michel Claverie in a 30,000-year-old sample of Siberian permafrost, where the team had previously found the unrelated giant virus Pithovirus sibericum. Mollivirus sibericum is a spherical DNA virus with a diameter of 500–600 nanometers (0.5–0.6 μm).[1][2]
Mollivirus sibericum is the fourth ancient virus that scientists have found frozen in permafrost since 2003.[3]
Description
Mollivirus sibericum is an approximately spherical virion 0.6 μm in diameter. It encloses a 651 kb GC-rich genome encoding 523 proteins, of which 64% are ORFs.[1][4] The host's ribosomal proteins are packaged in the virion.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Legendre, Matthieu; Lartigue, Audrey; Bertaux, Lionel; Jeudy, Sandra; Bartoli, Julia; Lescot, Magali; Alempic, Jean-Marie; Ramus, Claire; Bruley, Christophe; Labadie, Karine; Shmakova, Lyubov; Rivkina, Elizaveta; Couté, Yohann; Abergel, Chantal; Claverie, Jean-Michel (8 September 2015). "In-depth study of, a new 30,000-y-old giant virus infecting". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 201510795. doi:10.1073/pnas.1510795112.
- ↑ Christensen, Jen (2015-09-11). "Ancient squirrel's nest leads to discovery of giant virus". CNN. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ Feltman, Rachel A giant ancient virus was just uncovered in melting ice — and it won’t be the last Washington Post. December 14, 2015
- ↑ Strom, Marcus Prehistoric 'Frankenvirus' Mollivirus sibericum uncovered in Siberian permafrost Sydney Morning Herald. December 14, 2014
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