The Unexplored Diversity of Pleolipoviruses: The Surprising Case of Two Viruses with Identical Major Structural Modules

The Unexplored Diversity of Pleolipoviruses: The Surprising Case of Two Viruses with Identical Major Structural Modules

Extremely halophilic Archaea are the only known hosts for pleolipoviruses which are pleomorphic non-lytic viruses resembling cellular membrane vesicles. Recently, pleolipoviruses have been acknowledged by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) as the first virus family that contai...

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Main Authors: Nina S. Atanasova, Camilla H. Heiniö, Tatiana A. Demina, Dennis H. Bamford, Hanna M. Oksanen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
pleomorphic virus
pleolipovirus
Pleolipoviridae
haloarchaeal virus
hypersaline environment
genomic diversity
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/9/3/131

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