pithovirus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the genus Pithovirus of giant viruses known from one species, Pithovirus sibericum, which infects amoebas.
    — Evolutionary biologists Jean-Michel Claverie and Chantal Abergel, the husband-and-wife team at Aix-Marseille University in France who led the work, named it Pithovirus sibericum, inspired by the Greek word 'pithos' for the large container used by the ancient Greeks to store wine and food.

词形变化

pithoviruses plural

词源

From the genus name.
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