DNA virus

noun

1. any virus containing DNA.

DNA virus

1. A virus whose genome is composed of DNA.

2. Compare RNA virus

Example Sentences

While examining the BD fungus to learn about weaknesses, they discovered a single-stranded DNA virus trapped within the genome of the fungus.

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"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."

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However, this virus is a single-stranded DNA virus.

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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.

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Monkeypox is a large double-stranded DNA virus, about seven times as large as the coronavirus.

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