Template:Did you know nominations/Pithovirus

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The result was: rejected by MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 05:27, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Pithovirus

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• ... that Pithovirus sibericum (pictured), which infects amoebas, is the largest virus found?

Created by Kolbasz (talk). Nominated by The Herald (talk) at 04:41, 7 March 2014 (UTC).

• The article already posted In The News on 4 March 2014. --Gfosankar (talk) 13:07, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

A clarification for the newbie creator and nominator: DYK Eligibility criteria, item e) Articles that have been featured on the main page's In the news section are ineligible — Maile (talk) 21:57, 8 March 2014 (UTC)