Betasphaerolipovirus

Sphaerolipoviridae
Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Family: Sphaerolipoviridae
Genus: Betasphaerolipovirus
Species

Natrinema virus SNJ1

Betasphaerolipovirus is a proposed genus of double stranded DNA viruses that infect haloarchaea.[1]

Morphology

Viruses of this genus have tailless icosahedral virions with an internal lipid membrane located between the protein capsid and the circular double stranded DNA genome.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
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