Biology:Globuloviridae

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Globuloviridae is a family of hyperthermophilic archaeal viruses. Crenarchaea of the genera Pyrobaculum and Thermoproteus (both in Thermoproteaceae) serve as natural hosts. There are four species in this family, assigned to a single genus, Alphaglobulovirus.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy

The family contains one genus which contains four species:[3][4]

  • Alphaglobulovirus
    • Alphaglobulovirus cinderense, Thermoproteus tenax spherical virus 1
    • Alphaglobulovirus obsidianense, Pyrobaculum spherical virus
    • Alphaglobulovirus pozzuoliense, Pyrobaculum spherical virus 2
    • Alphaglobulovirus sileriense, Thermoproteus spherical piliferous virus 1

Structure

Virions in the Globuloviridae are spherical and enveloped. The diameter is around 100 nm.[1][2]

Genome organization of Pyrobaculum spherical virus (PSV) showing location, sizes and direction of putative genes.

Genomes are linear dsDNA and non-segmented, around 20–30kb in length.[1][2]

Genus Structure Symmetry Capsid Genomic arrangement Genomic segmentation
Alphaglobulovirus Spherical Enveloped Linear Monopartite

Life cycle

Viral replication is cytoplasmic. DNA-templated transcription is the method of transcription. Pyrobaculum and Thermoproteus archaea serve as the natural host. Transmission routes are passive diffusion.[1]

Genus Host details Tissue tropism Entry details Release details Replication site Assembly site Transmission
Alphaglobulovirus Pyrobaculum and Thermoproteus archaea None Injection Budding Cytoplasm Cytoplasm Passive diffusion

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Prangishvili, D; Krupovic, M; ICTV Report Consortium (2018). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Globuloviridae". The Journal of General Virology 99 (10): 1357–1358. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001123. PMID 30091697. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Viral Zone". ExPASy. http://viralzone.expasy.org/all_by_species/535.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. https://ictv.global/taxonomy. 
  4. "Species List: Globuloviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. https://ictv.global/report/chapter/globuloviridae/taxonomy/globuloviridae. 
  • "Morphology and genome organization of the virus PSV of the hyperthermophilic archaeal genera Pyrobaculum and Thermoproteus: a novel virus family, the Globuloviridae". Virology 323 (2): 233–242. 2004. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2004.03.002. PMID 15193919. 

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