Hukuchivirus

Gammasphaerolipovirus
Virus classification
Missing taxonomy template (fix):	Gammasphaerolipovirus
Species
	Thermus aquaticus virus IN93; Thermus thermophilus virus P23-65H; Thermus thermophilus virus P23-72; Thermus thermophilus virus P23-77

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

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.

References

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

[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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