Gammasphaerolipovirus
Gammasphaerolipovirus is a genus of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect thermophilic bacteria.[1][2]
Gammasphaerolipovirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Varidnaviria |
Kingdom: | Helvetiavirae |
Phylum: | Dividoviricota |
Class: | Laserviricetes |
Order: | Halopanivirales |
Family: | Sphaerolipoviridae |
Genus: | Gammasphaerolipovirus |
Species | |
Thermus aquaticus virus IN93 |
Morphology
The virus particle, called a virion, of viruses in the genus has a capsid that is icosahedral in shape. The capsid contains an internal lipid membrane between the capsid and the genome, which is in the center of the virion.
References
- Pawlowski A, Rissanen I, Bamford JK, Krupovic M, Jalasvuori M (2014). "Gammasphaerolipovirus, a newly proposed bacteriophage genus, unifies viruses of halophilic archaea and thermophilic bacteria within the novel family Sphaerolipoviridae". Arch Virol. 159 (6): 1541–1554. doi:10.1007/s00705-013-1970-6. PMID 24395078.
- ICTV: ICTV Taxonomy History for Sphaerolipoviridae (accessed 12 March 2015)
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