Rhizidiovirus
Rhizidiovirus | |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group I (dsDNA)
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Family: | Unassigned
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Genus: | Rhizidiovirus
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Type species | |
Rhizidiomyces virus | |
Species | |
The Rhizidiovirus genus consists of dsDNA viruses[1] that infect fungi.
Virology
The viron is non enveloped, isosahedral with a diameter of 60 nanometers (nm).
The genome is non segmented, linear double stranded DNA and ~25.5 kilobases in length. It has a guanine + cytosine content of 42%.
Literature
- ^ Dawe VH, Kuhn CW (1983) Isolation and characterization of a double-stranded DNA mycovirus infecting the aquatic fungus, Rhizidiomyces. Virology 130(1):21-28