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]

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 under microscope