Table 1.
Overview of Nucleocytoplasmic dsDNA viruses
| Virus | Host species | Family | Initial isolation | Genome size (in kbp) |
Size (in nm) |
T number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pandoravirus salinus | Acanthamoeba castellanii | Pandoraviridae | Tunquen River in central Chile | 2474 | 1000 × 500 | n.a. |
| Mimivirus | Acanthamoeba castellanii | Mimiviridae | Cooling tower in Bradford, UK | 1181 | 750 | ~1000 |
| PBCV-1 | Chlorella variabilis strain NC64A | Phycodnaviridae | Paramecium bursaria in the southeastern USA | 330 | 190 | 169 |
| CIV | Galleria mellonella larvae | Iridioviridae | Chilosuppressalis in Japan | 212 | 185 | 147 |
| CroV | Cafeteria roenbergensis | Mimiviridae | Cafeteria roenbergensis in the southern USA | 730 | 300 | unknown |