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Tupanvirus
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Not to be confused with Tupavirus.
Tupanvirus is a genus of viruses first described in 2018.[1] The genus is composed of two species of virus that are in the giant virus group.[2][3] Researchers discovered the first isolate in 2012 from deep water sediment samples taken at 3,000 m depth off the coast of Brazil.[1] The second isolate was collected from a soda lake in Southern Nhecolândia, Brazil in 2014.[1] They are named after Tupã (Tupan), a Guaraní thunder god, and the places they were found. These are the first viruses reported to possess genes for amino-acyl tRNA synthetases for all 20 standard amino acids.[1][4][5]
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(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Varidnaviria |
Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
Class: | Megaviricetes |
Order: | Imitervirales |
Family: | Mimiviridae (?) |
Genus: | Tupanvirus |
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