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The virons are bacilliform in shape and ~140 nanometers (nm) in length and 20 nm in diameter. One end is pointed and the other is rounded. |
The virons are bacilliform in shape and ~140 nanometers (nm) in length and 20 nm in diameter.<ref name=Mochizuki2010>Mochizuki T, Yoshida T, Tanaka R, Forterre P, Sakob Y, Prangishvili D (2010) Diversity of viruses of the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus ''Aeropyrum'', and isolation of the Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1, APBV1, the first representative of the family ''Clavaviridae''. Virology 402(2): 347-354</ref> One end is pointed and the other is rounded. |
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The genome is double stranded DNA and circular. It does not integrate into the host genome. |
The genome is double stranded DNA and circular. It does not integrate into the host genome. |
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Revision as of 21:52, 18 September 2011
Clavaviridae is a family of double stranded viruses that archaea. There is one genus in this family (Clavavirus). Within this genus only a single species has been described to date.
Virology
The virons are bacilliform in shape and ~140 nanometers (nm) in length and 20 nm in diameter.[1] One end is pointed and the other is rounded.
The genome is double stranded DNA and circular. It does not integrate into the host genome.
Infection with this virus does not cause host cell lysis.
References
- ^ Mochizuki T, Yoshida T, Tanaka R, Forterre P, Sakob Y, Prangishvili D (2010) Diversity of viruses of the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus Aeropyrum, and isolation of the Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1, APBV1, the first representative of the family Clavaviridae. Virology 402(2): 347-354