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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest estimate of total genome size for largest known viral genome (as of 7/2013) | Virus Pandoravirus salinus | 2.77 | Mb | 109556 | Philippe N et al., P... |
| Genome size (smallest known RNA virus genome) | Hepatitis delta virus | 1.7 | Kb | 105570 | Huang CR, Lo SJ. Evolution... |
| Dimensions | Viruses Pandoravirus spp. | Length 1: diameter 0.5 | μm | 109554 | Philippe N et al., P... |
| Estimated rates of transport of viral components by diffusion | Virus | Table - link | N/A | 106121 | S. Jane Flint, L. W. Enquist... |
| Number of putative protein-coding sequences (CDSs) | Viruses Pandoravirus spp. | P. salinus 2556: P. dulcis 1502 | protein-coding sequences | 109558 | Philippe N et al., P... |
| Marine virus density | Virus | in oligotrophic systems 10^8 - in highly productive environments >10^11 | virus particles/litre | 112427 | Jover LF, Effler TC, Buchan A... |
| Tensile strength of virus capsid | Virus | 1000 (~) | bar | 111177 | Smith DE, Tans SJ, Smith SB... |
| Estimated carbon content in marine virus particle | Virus | 0.055 - 0.2 | fg carbon/viral particle | 112421 | Jover LF, Effler TC, Buchan A... |
| Virus length | Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) | ≈300 | nm | 104375 | Santos NC, Castanho MA.... |
| Virus radius | Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) | 20 | nm | 104376 | Santos NC, Castanho MA.... |
| Virus concentration in marine surface sediments | Virus | 9.6e+8 (1e8-35.3e8) | Copies/gram | 104963 | Danovaro R, Dell'Anno A... |
| Virus concentration in marine surface sediments | Virus | 7.65e+12 (±0.32e+12) | Copies/m^2 | 104964 | Danovaro R, Dell'Anno A... |
| Size of spherical plant virus' virion | Virus | 25 - 35 | nm | 111224 | Rao AL. Genome packaging... |
| DNA mass per double stranded DNA virus | Virus | 0.09 | fg dsDNA/virus | 105851 | Wommack KE, Colwell RR.... |
| Size of plus-strand RNA virus replication factories | Virus | 90-5000 | nm | 111179 | http://www.ncbi.nlm.... |
| Rate of nucleotide substitution in rodent-associated hantavirus & flavivirus GB virus C (GBV-C) | Virus | ~1E-07 | substitution/site/year | 112775 | Duffy S, Shackelton LA... |
| largest known virus as of 03/14 | Pithovirus sibericum | Length ~1500 Diameter 500 | nm | 111143 | Legendre, M. et al.,... |
| Genome size | Poliovirus | 7410 | nucleotides | 111324 | Racaniello VR, Baltimore... |
| DNA and RNA virus families according to 2005 report | Virus | Table - link | N/A | 106120 | S. Jane Flint, L. W. Enquist... |
| Genome size | Green algae Chlorella variabilis NC64A | 46.2 (Table - link) | Mb | 105989 | Blanc G et al., The Chlorella... |