DNA virus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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While examining the BD fungus to learn about weaknesses, they discovered a single-stranded DNA virus trapped within the genome of the fungus.
From Salon
"Finally discovering that there was one, and that it was a DNA virus rather than an RNA virus settled the score and also opened up a broad field of research to our team, as DNA viruses are understudied in fungi."
From Salon
However, this virus is a single-stranded DNA virus.
From Science Daily
The monkeypox virus—a DNA virus—was first identified in monkeys in a lab in Denmark in 1958, but it is more typically found in rodents and other animals.
From Scientific American
Monkeypox is a large double-stranded DNA virus, about seven times as large as the coronavirus.
From New York Times
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