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Lipothrixviridae
Introduction
The Lipothrixviridae or Lipothrixvirus family consists of a family of viruses that infect archaea bacteria[1]. They share characteristics from the Rudiviridae family and both have are filamentous viruses with linear dsDNA genomes that infect thermophilic archaea in the kingdom Crenarchaeota[2]. Lipothrixviridae are enveloped.
Literature
- ↑ Arnold, H.P., Zillig, W., Ziese, U., Holz, I., Crosby, M., Utterback, T., Weidmann, J.F., Kristjanson, J.K., Klenk, H.P., Nelson, K.E. and Fraser, C.M. (2000). A novel lipothrixvirus, SIFV, of the extremely thermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus. Virology, 267, 252-266.
- ↑ Bettstetter, M., Peng, X., Garrett, R.A. and Prangishvili, D. (2003). AFV-1, a novel virus infecting hyperthermophilic archaea of the genus Acidianus. Virology, 315, 68-79.