Gammatorquevirus
Appearance
Gammatorquevirus | |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group II (ssDNA)
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Family: | |
Genus: | Gammatorquevirus
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Species | |
Gammatorquevirus is a recently discovered genus in the new family of Anelloviridae, in group II in the Baltimore classification. It encompasses two type species of the Torque Teno Midi Virus.
Notes
One isolate has been obtained from the dental pulp of a soldier who died during the Napoleon's retreat from Russia (1812).[1]
References
- ^ Bédarida S, Dutour O, Buzhilova AP, de Micco P, Biagini P (2011). "Identification of viral DNA (Anelloviridae) in a 200-year-old dental pulp sample (Napoleon's Great Army, Kaliningrad, 1812)". Infect. Genet. Evol. 11 (2): 358–62. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2010.11.007. PMID 21130183.
External links
- ICTV Virus Taxonomy 2009 [1]
- UniProt Taxonomy [2]
- Anellovirus at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ICTVdb
- ViralZone: Gammatorquevirus