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Microbiology

🦠DNA Viruses

Viruses with DNA genomes. Generally more stable than RNA viruses, with lower mutation rates.

💡About 8% of the human genome is made up of ancient viral DNA from infections millions of years ago.

12 microbes

🦠 herpes simplex 1 🦠 herpes simplex 2 🦠 varicella-zoster virus 🦠 epstein-barr virus 🦠 cytomegalovirus 🦠 variola virus 🦠 monkeypox virus 🦠 vaccinia virus 🦠 human papillomavirus 🦠 adenovirus 🦠 hepatitis b virus 🦠 parvovirus b19

Can you guess microbes from their family tree?

GuessKin Microbiology is a daily taxonomy puzzle — Wordle meets the tree of life.