Alphasphaerolipovirus

Alphasphaerolipovirus is a genus of double stranded DNA viruses that infect haloarchaea.[1] There are four species currently recognized in this genus.

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

Morphology

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

Note

The name Halosphaerovirus was also proposed for this genus.[2]

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" (PDF). Arch Virol. 159 (6): 1541–1554. doi:10.1007/s00705-013-1970-6. PMID 24395078.
  2. 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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