Psimunavirus

Psimunavirus (synonyms psiM-like viruses, psiM1-like viruses, Psimunalikevirus) is a genus of viruses in the family Siphoviridae. Bacteria and archaea serve as the natural host, with transmission achieved through passive diffusion. There is currently one species in this genus: the type species Psimunavirus psiM2.[1][2]

Psimunavirus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Uroviricota
Class: Caudoviricetes
Order: Caudovirales
Family: Siphoviridae
Genus: Psimunavirus
Type species
Psimunavirus psiM2

Taxonomy

Group: dsDNA

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Structure

Psimunaviruses are nonenveloped, with a head and tail. The head is about 55 nm in diameter. The tail is long and flexible, at about 210 nm long, 10 nm wide, and has a terminal knob.[1]

GenusStructureSymmetryCapsidGenomic arrangementGenomic segmentation
PsimunavirusHead-TailT=7Non-envelopedLinearMonopartite

Genome

Psimunavirus is currently unlisted by NCBI.

Life cycle

Viral replication is cytoplasmic. The virus attaches to the host cell's adhesion receptors using its terminal fibers, and ejects the viral DNA into the host cytoplasm via long flexible tail ejection system. Replication follows the replicative transposition model. DNA-templated transcription is the method of transcription. Once the viral genes have been replicated, the procapsid is assembled and packed. The tail is then assembled and the mature virions are released via lysis. Bacteria and archaea serve as the natural host. Transmission routes are passive diffusion.[1]

GenusHost detailsTissue tropismEntry detailsRelease detailsReplication siteAssembly siteTransmission
PsimunavirusBacteria; archeaNoneInjectionLysisCytoplasmCytoplasmPassive diffusion

History

According to ICTV's 1997 report, the genus Psimunalikevirus was first accepted under the name psiM-like viruses, assigned only to family Siphoviridae. The whole family was moved to the newly created order Caudovirales in 1998, and the genus was renamed to psiM1-like viruses in ICTV's seventh report in 1999. In 2012, the genus was renamed again, this time to Psimunalikevirus.[2] The genus was later renamed to Psimunavirus.

References
  1. "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2013 Release". Retrieved 18 February 2015.

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