| Pandoravirus | |
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| Pandoravirus virion | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
| Class: | Megaviricetes |
| Order: | Algavirales (?) |
| Family: | Pandoraviridae |
| Genus: | Pandoravirus |
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Pandoravirus is a proposed genus of giant virus, first discovered in 2013.[5] It is the third largest in physical size of any known viral genus, behind Pithovirus and Megaklothovirus.[6] Pandoraviruses have double stranded DNA genomes, with the largest genome size (2.5 million base pairs) of any known viral genus.[7]
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- ^ "Pandoravirus salinus". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 1349410. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Pandoravirus tropicalis". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "'Zombie' virus revived after 50,000 years trapped in Siberian permafrost – National | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ Philippe N, Legendre M, Doutre G, Couté Y, Poirot O, Lescot M, Arslan D, Seltzer V, Bertaux L, Bruley C, Garin J, Claverie JM, Abergel C (July 2013). "Pandoraviruses: Amoeba Viruses with Genomes Up to 2.5 Mb Reaching That of Parasitic Eukaryotes" (PDF). Science. 341 (6143): 281–286. Bibcode:2013Sci...341..281P. doi:10.1126/science.1239181. PMID 23869018. S2CID 16877147. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Sirucek S (3 March 2014). "Ancient "Giant Virus" Revived From Siberian Permafrost". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014.
- ^ Yong E (3 March 2014). "Giant virus resurrected from 30,000-year-old ice : Nature News & Comment". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2014.14801. S2CID 87146458.