Table 2.

Elemental compositions and Gibbs energies of growth of viruses. The elemental composition refers to empirical formulas of the form CH_nHO_nON_nNP_nPS_nS. The elemental compositions of the viruses were calculated as described in Section 2.2, starting from data in the “Composition reference” column. The viruses marked with an asterisk are enveloped viruses. For enveloped viruses, lipids were not included in the calculations, since they are taken from the host cell during budding and not synthesized at the ribosomes [10].

Name	nH	nO	nN	nP	nS	Composition Reference		ΔrG0 (kJ/C-mol)
Adenovirus	1.5386	0.3354	0.2814	0.00997	0.00551	[50]		−144 ± 43
Adenovirus	1.5386	0.3354	0.2814	0.00997	0.00551	[51]		−144 ± 43
Coliphages T2, T4, T6	1.4391	0.4708	0.3105	0.04868	0.00292	[51]		−230 ± 43
Enterovirus	1.4950	0.4080	0.2985	0.02308	0.00477	[50]		−197 ± 43
Equine encephalomyelitis	1.5493	0.3352	0.2782	0.00619	0.00575	[51]		−137 ± 43
Fowl plague	1.5852	0.3521	0.2592	0.00189	0.00568	[51]		−93 ± 43
Herpes simplex	1.5506	0.3462	0.2748	0.00887	0.00546	[51]		−129 ± 43
Influenza	1.5934	0.3540	0.2550	0.00071	0.00569	[50]		−83 ± 43
Influenza	1.5903	0.3490	0.2570	0.00071	0.00574	[51]		−87 ± 43
Orthomyxoviruses	1.5912	0.3521	0.2563	0.00088	0.00571	[50]		−86 ± 43
Paramyxoviruses	1.5912	0.3521	0.2563	0.00088	0.00571	[50]		−86 ± 43
Picornaviruses	1.4950	0.4080	0.2985	0.02308	0.00477	[50]		−197 ± 43
Poliovirus	1.4950	0.4080	0.2985	0.02308	0.00477	[50]		−197 ± 43
Poxviruses	1.5618	0.3150	0.2734	0.00241	0.00596	[50]		−122 ± 43
Reoviruses, Rotaviruses, and Caliciviruses	1.5341	0.3555	0.2839	0.01091	0.00547	[50]		−154 ± 43
Rhabdoviruses	1.5704	0.3467	0.2669	0.00384	0.00569	[50]		−111 ± 43
Rhinovirus	1.4950	0.4080	0.2985	0.02308	0.00477	[50]		−197 ± 43
SARS-CoV-2	1.5658	0.3279	0.2901	0.00381	0.00484	[10]		−165 ± 43
Simian virus 5	1.5912	0.3521	0.2563	0.00088	0.00571	[51]		−86 ± 43