Spiraviridae

Spiraviridae
Virus classification
Group:	Group II (ssDNA)
Family:	Spiraviridae
Species
	Aeropyrum coil-shaped virus

Spiraviridae is a family of single stranded DNA viruses that infect archeae.^[1]

Description

This family was described in 2012.^[1]

The species in this family have a positive sense single stranded DNA genome. The viron capsid is non enveloped, hollow and cylindrical. It composed of a coiling fiber which in turn consists of two intertwining halves of a single circular nucleoprotein.

Species in this family infect archaea.

Taxonomy

There is one species in this family currently recognised.

References

1 2 Mochizuki T, Krupovic M, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Sako Y, Forterre P, Prangishvili D (2012). "Archaeal virus with exceptional virion architecture and the largest single-stranded DNA genome". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109 (33): 13386–91. doi:10.1073/pnas.1203668109. PMC 3421227. PMID 22826255.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Mochizuki12-1] 1 2 Mochizuki T, Krupovic M, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Sako Y, Forterre P, Prangishvili D (2012). "Archaeal virus with exceptional virion architecture and the largest single-stranded DNA genome". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109 (33): 13386–91. doi:10.1073/pnas.1203668109. PMC 3421227. PMID 22826255.