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| Alphapithovirus | |
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| Alphapithovirus sibericum | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
| Class: | Megaviricetes |
| Order: | Pimascovirales |
| Family: | Pithoviridae |
| Genus: | Alphapithovirus |
| Species[1] | |
Alphapithovirus, is a genus of giant virus known from two species, Alphapithovirus sibericum, which infects amoebas,[2][3] and Alphapithovirus massiliense.[4] It is DNA-based and is a member of the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses clade. It was discovered in 2014, when a viable specimen was found in a 30,000-year-old ice core harvested from permafrost in Siberia, Russia.
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2023 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Yong, Ed (3 March 2014). "Giant virus resurrected from 69,000-year-old ice". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2014.14801. S2CID 87146458.
- ^ Morelle, Rebecca (3 March 2014). "30,000-year-old giant virus 'comes back to life'". BBC News.
- ^ Levasseur A, Andreani J, Delerce J, Bou Khalil J, Robert C, La Scola B, Raoult D (July 2016). "Comparison of a modern and fossil Pithovirus reveals its genetic conservation and evolution". Genome Biol Evol. 8 (8): 2333–9. doi:10.1093/gbe/evw153. PMC 5010891. PMID 27389688.