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Table 1 The effective information of viruses (the numbers in parentheses are the numbers of proteins)

From: The calculation of information and organismal complexity

Virus name

I(bit)

C (bit)

African cassava mosaic virus(ssDNA)(9)

8,233

11,042

Australian bat lyssavirus (ssRNA)(5)

21,523

23,644

Avian infectious bronchitis virus (ssRNA)(6)

52,465

55,216

Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV (ssRNA)(7)

9,777

11,354

Bat coronavirus Rp3/2004 (ssRNA)(13)

57,720

59,472

Beak and feather disease virus (ssDNA)(3)

3,271

3,986

Bean common mosaic necrosis virus (ssRNA)(1)

18,396

19,224

Bean golden yellow mosaic virus (ssDNA)(8)

7,878

10,464

Beet curly top virus (ssDNA)(6)

5,278

5,988

Beet mosaic virus (ssRNA)(1)

18,510

19,182

BK polyomavirus (dsDNA)(6)

9,182

10,306

Bovine coronavirus (ssRNA)(12)

60,223

62,056

Bovine polyomavirus (dsDNA)(6)

8,558

9,394

Cabbage leaf curl virus (ssDNA)(7)

7,875

10,192

Canary circovirus(ssDNA)(2)

3,240

3,904

Cestrum yellow leaf curling virus (Retro-transcribing)(7)

14,372

16,506

Human herpesvirus 1 (dsDNA)(77)

240,948

304,522

Human SARS coronavirus (ssRNA)(14)

56,411

59,502

Murine polyomavirus (dsDNA)(6)

9,544

10,594

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (ssRNA)(6)

54,393

56,066

Vaccinia virus (dsDNA)(223)

344,114

389,422

Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ssRNA)(1)

18,480

19,182