| Range |
Length 1: diameter 0.5 μm
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| Organism |
Viruses Pandoravirus spp. |
| Reference |
Philippe N et al., Pandoraviruses: amoeba viruses with genomes up to 2.5 Mb reaching that of parasitic eukaryotes. Science. 2013 Jul 19 341(6143):281-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1239181. p.282 left column top paragraphPubMed ID23869018
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| Method |
"Parasite 1 originated from the superficial marine
sediment layer (~10 m deep) taken at the
mouth of the Tunquen river (coast of central Chile). Parasite 2 originated from mud taken
at the bottom of a shallow freshwater pond near
Melbourne, Australia. After amplification on
Acanthamoeba cultures, both parasites became
observable by optical microscopy as a lawn of
ovoid particles 1µm in length and 0.5µm in
diameter (Fig. 1A)." |
| Comments |
"Observations by transmission
electron microscopy revealed characteristic
ultrastructural features (Fig. 1) common to both
parasites. Despite their identical appearance,
the micro-organisms showed different global
protein contents when profiled by electrophoresis
(Fig. 1C). Anticipating the demonstration
of their viral nature, parasites 1 and 2 will
henceforth be referred to as Pandoravirus salinus
and Pandoravirus dulcis." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109554 |