| Pandoravirus salinus | |
|---|---|
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
| Class: | Megaviricetes |
| Order: | Algavirales (?) |
| Family: | Pandoraviridae |
| Genus: | Pandoravirus |
| Species: | Pandoravirus salinus |
Pandoravirus salinus is a large virus of genus Pandoravirus , found in the marine sediment layer of the Tunquen River in Chile, and is one of the largest viruses identified, along with Pandoravirus dulcis . [1] [2] It is 2.5 million nucleobases long, encodes for about 2,500 genes, and is visible through an optical microscope. It was first identified in 2013. [1]
