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Table 1 The 6 NCLDV families used for the NCVOG construction

From: Eukaryotic large nucleo-cytoplasmic DNA viruses: Clusters of orthologous genes and reconstruction of viral genome evolution

Virus family

Host range

Genome size range, kb

Replication site

Phycodnaviridae

Green algae; algal symbionts of paramecia and hydras

150-400

Nucleus and cytoplasm

Poxviridae

Animals: insects, reptiles, birds, mammals

130-380

Cytoplasm

Asfarviridae

Mammals

170

Cytoplasm

Asco- and Iridoviridae

Invertebrates and non-mammalian vertebrates

100-220

 

   Ascoviridae

Insects, mainly, Noctuids

150-190

Nucleus and cytoplasm

   Iridoviridae

Insects, cold-blooded vertebrates

100-220

Nucleus and cytoplasm

Mimiviridae

Acanthamoeba

1,180

Cytoplasm

Marseillevirus

Acanthamoeba

370

Nucleus and cytoplasm(?)