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giant virus

giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses that have extremely large genomes compared to other viruses and contain many unique genes not found in other life forms
Class type of: Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus Q3754404
giant virus
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Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus
Different from
Macro virus[3]
Has characteristic
largeness[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en giant viruses en girus en giruses en giant virus cs obří virus cs obří viry de Riesenvirus es virus gigante fr virus géant he וירוס ענק ja ギルス ja 巨大ウイルス ko 거대 바이러스 nl girus nl girussen nl reuzenvirus nl reuzenvirussen pt megavirales pt vírus gigante ru гигантские вирусы
🔖 Identifiers · 7
OpenAlex ID
C2780317381
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
virus-geants
Freebase ID
/m/0gvs4bh
MeSH descriptor ID
D000072139
MeSH tree code
B04.280.356
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780317381
WikiProjectMed ID
Giant virus

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Summary

giant virus is a type of Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus[1].

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  1. 24w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → largeness
    Different from → Macro virus
    Subclass of → Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus
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