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Pandoravirus yedoma is a virus that originated 48,500 years ago which was discovered in the deep Siberian permafrost in 2022. The scientists also revived 13 new pathogens and characterized them as 'zombie viruses'. It has been shown to infect amoeba cells (particularly A. castellanii) killing them in the process. [1] [2]
Ancient viruses have already been found in Siberian permafrost, including one sample which was 48,500 years old.A team led by geneticist Jean-Michel Claverie has revived several such viruses ...
The oldest revived virus was a 48,500-year-old Pandoravirus yedoma. [13] [14] ... who led the most successful attempts to revive such "zombie viruses", ...
Scientists have already revived a 48,500-year-old "zombie virus" from Arctic permafrost, and there's concern about what other long-dormant pathogens might be awakening. It's not just a plot from ...
Scientists show danger of thawing Arctic in revealing lost viruses
Pandoravirus is a proposed genus of giant virus, first discovered in 2013. [5] It is the third largest in physical size of any known viral genus, behind Pithovirus and Megaklothovirus. [6]
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Alphapithovirus sibericum was discovered in a 30,000-year-old sample of Siberian permafrost by Chantal Abergel and Jean-Michel Claverie of Aix-Marseille University. [ 2 ] [ 15 ] The virus was discovered buried 30 m (100 ft) below the surface of a late Pleistocene sediment.