What is Pithovirus?
Q: What is Pithovirus?
A: Pithovirus is a genus of giant virus that infects amoebae.
Q: What kind of virus is Pithovirus?
A: Pithovirus is a double-stranded DNA virus.
Q: What clade of viruses does Pithovirus belong to?
A: Pithovirus belongs to the clade of large DNA viruses.
Q: When was Pithovirus first described?
A: Pithovirus was first described in 2014.
Q: Where was a viable specimen of Pithovirus found?
A: A viable specimen of Pithovirus was found in a 30,000-year-old ice core harvested from permafrost in Siberia, Russia.
Q: How does the size of Pithovirus compare to other known viruses?
A: Pithovirus is 50% larger in size than the previous largest known viruses.
Q: What is the largest viral genome known to date?
A: Pandoravirus has the largest viral genome, containing 1.9 to 2.5 megabases of DNA.
