Alphaguttavirus (taxid:187215)


VIRION

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Enveloped, 70-95 nm in diameter and 110-185 nm long. Consists of a coat, a core, a nucleocapsid, and fibers.

GENOME

Circular dsDNA of about 20 kb, extremely methylated.

GENE EXPRESSION

Undocumented

REPLICATION

Undocumented

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TAXONOMY Group I: dsDNA viruses
Family: Guttaviridae
Genus: Alphaguttavirus
SPECIES
REFERENCE STRAIN No sequences

Host

NATURAL HOSTS Archaea: Sulfolobus newzealandicus

Ecology and disease

GEOGRAPHY New Zealand
ANTIVIRAL DRUGS