Open AccessDraft Genome Sequence of Tokyovirus , a Member of the Family Marseilleviridae Isolated from the Arakawa River of Tokyo, Japan
Author(s) -
Masaharu Takemura
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00429-16
Subject(s) - family member , biology , genome , whole genome sequencing , icosahedral symmetry , sequence (biology) , genetics , genealogy , gene , history , crystallography , chemistry
Members of the Marseilleviridae family are large DNA viruses with icosahedral particles that infect Acanthamoeba cells. This report presents a new Marseilleviridae family member discovered in a water/soil sample from a river in Tokyo, named Tokyovirus, with genome size of 370 to 380 kb.
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