Alphaovalivirus
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(unranked): Virus
Family: Ovaliviridae
Genus: Alphaovalivirus
Species
  • Sulfolobus ellipsoid virus 1

Ovaliviridae is a family of viruses of archaea that is not assigned to any higher taxonomic ranks.[1] The family contains a single genus, Alphaovalivirus, which contains a single species, Sulfolobus ellipsoid virus 1.[2] The linear genome of dsDNA is 23,219 bp with 172 bp inverted terminal repeats. Sulfolobus ellipsoid virus 1 was isolated from an acidic hot spring (86−106oC, pH 2.2−2.5) in Laguna Fumarólica,[3] Costa Rica; the only known host is Sulfolobus sp. A20.[4]

References

  1. ^ Huang, L; Wang, H; ICTV Report Consortium (2020-12-17). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Ovaliviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 102 (3). doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001546. PMC 8515868. PMID 33331812.
  2. ^ "ICTV Report Ovaliviridae".
  3. ^ Brian M. Hynek, J. Wang, N. Dragone et al.: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONALITY IN EXTREME MARS ANALOG SETTINGS: ACID- SULFATE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN COSTA RICA AND ICELAND. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020)
  4. ^ Dai, X; Wang, H; Zhang, Z; Li, K; Zhang, X; Mora-López, M; Jiang, C; Liu, C; Wang, L; Zhu, Y; Hernández-Ascencio, W; Dong, Z; Huang, L (2016). "Genome Sequencing of Sulfolobus sp. A20 from Costa Rica and Comparative Analyses of the Putative Pathways of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism in Various Sulfolobus Strains". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7: 1902. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01902. PMC 5127849. PMID 27965637.

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