how is its presence in the environment?
They are mostly found in marine environments, infecting amoebae.
Pandoravirus
They are mostly found in marine environments, infecting amoebae.
give two other names used for the protein coat of a virus UNANSWERABLE where did it get its name? The word is from the Latin neuter referring to poison and other noxious liquids, from the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit , Avestan , and ancient Greek (all meaning "poison") what is its genome size? The smallest—the ssDNA circoviruses, family "Circoviridae"—code for only two proteins and have a genome size of only two kilobases; the largest—the pandoraviruses—have genome sizes of around two megabases which code for about 2500 proteins. is there any therapy associated with? Yes, Virotherapy what is it? It involves the use of genetically modified viruses to treat diseases. mention its classification? It is based classification on phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. who discovered the viruses which have genome sizes of around two megabases? UNANSWERABLE does it have any kind of affinities? Approximately 93% of Pandoravirus genes are not known from any other microbes, suggesting they may belong to an as of yet undescribed "fourth domain" aside from Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryotes.
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Pandoravirus [SEP] Prevalence in the environment
Pandoraviruses do not seem to be harmful to humans. They are mostly found in marine environments, infecting amoebae. One reason for their only relatively recent discovery is because they exist in environments that are not well studied. Pandoraviruses, like other marine viruses, prey on plankton, which are organisms that live in the water column and form the basis of the food chain for other marine species. More study and research needs to be done in order to confirm the prevalence of Pandoraviruses in different environments. Currently, not much is known about their role in marine ecosystems.