Gammasphaerolipovirus

Gammasphaerolipovirus is a genus of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect thermophilic bacteria.[1][2]

Gammasphaerolipovirus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Helvetiavirae
Phylum: Dividoviricota
Class: Laserviricetes
Order: Halopanivirales
Family: Sphaerolipoviridae
Genus: Gammasphaerolipovirus
Species

Thermus aquaticus virus IN93
Thermus thermophilus virus P23-65H
Thermus thermophilus virus P23-72
Thermus thermophilus virus P23-77

Morphology

The virus particle, called a virion, of viruses in the genus has a capsid that is icosahedral in shape. The capsid contains an internal lipid membrane between the capsid and the genome, which is in the center of the virion.

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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.
  2. ICTV: ICTV Taxonomy History for Sphaerolipoviridae (accessed 12 March 2015)
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