Biology:Alphasphaerolipovirus

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Alphasphaerolipovirus
Virus classification e
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Helvetiavirae
Phylum: Dividoviricota
Class: Laserviricetes
Order: Halopanivirales
Family: Sphaerolipoviridae
Genus: Alphasphaerolipovirus
Species
  • Haloarcula hispanica icosahedral virus 2
  • Haloarcula hispanica virus PH1
  • Haloarcula hispanica virus SH1
  • Haloarcula virus HCIV1
Diagram of an Sphaerolipoviridae virion
Sphaerolipoviridae virion

Alphasphaerolipovirus is a genus of double stranded DNA viruses that infect haloarchaea.[1] The genus contains four species.

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Haloarcula hispanica icosahedral virus 2
  • Haloarcula hispanica virus PH1
  • Haloarcula hispanica virus SH1
  • Haloarcula virus HCIV1

Note

The name Halosphaerovirus was also proposed for this genus.[3]

References

  1. "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. 2014. doi:10.1007/s00705-013-1970-6. PMID 24395078. https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/123456789/45594/1/978-951-39-6154-1_vaitos17042015.pdf. 
  2. "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. https://ictv.global/taxonomy. 
  3. Porter K, Tang SL, Chen CP, Chiang PW, Hong MJ, Dyall-Smith M (2013) PH1: An archaeovirus of Haloarcula hispanica related to SH1 and HHIV-2. Archaea 2013: 456318

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