Open AccessICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Spiraviridae
Author(s) -
David Prangishvili,
Tomohiro Mochizuki,
Mart Krupovìč
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/jgv.0.001385
Subject(s) - biology , nucleoprotein , virology , taxonomy (biology) , archaea , appendage , genome , virus classification , virus , genetics , zoology , anatomy , gene
The family Spiraviridae includes viruses that replicate in hyperthermophilic archaea from the genus Aeropyrum . The non-enveloped, hollow, cylindrical virions are formed from a coiling fibre that consists of two intertwining halves of a single circular nucleoprotein filament. A short appendage protrudes from each end of the cylindrical virion. The genome is circular, positive-sense, single-stranded DNA of 24 893 nucleotides. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) report on the family Spiraviridae , which is available at ictv.global/report/spiraviridae.