ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pleolipoviridae

0483720 - MBÚ 2018 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Bamford, D.H. - Pietila, M.K. - Roine, E. - Atanasova, N.S. - Dienstbier, Ana - Oksanen, H.M.
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pleolipoviridae.
Journal of General Virology. Roč. 98, č. 12 (2017), s. 2916-2917. ISSN 0022-1317. E-ISSN 1465-2099
Institutional support: RVO:61388971
Keywords : Pleolipoviridae * taxonomy * Halorubrum pleomorphic virus 1
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 2.514, year: 2017

Members of the family Pleolipoviridae (termed pleolipoviruses) are pseudo-spherical and pleomorphic archaeal viruses. The enveloped virion is a simple membrane vesicle, which encloses different types of DNA genomes of approximately 7-16 kbp (or kilonucleotides). Typically, virions contain a single type of transmembrane (spike) protein at the envelope and a single type of membrane protein, which is embedded in the envelope and located in the internal side of the membrane. All viruses infect extremely halophilic archaea in the class Halobacteria (phylum Euryarchaeota). Pleolipoviruses have a narrow host range and a persistent, non-lytic life cycle. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Pleolipoviridae which is available at www.ictv.qlobal/report/pleolipoviridae.
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