ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Simuloviridae 2023

The family includes tailless icosahedral viruses with an internal lipid membrane. The capsid is constructed from two major capsid proteins, both with a single jelly-roll fold. The genome is a circular dsDNA molecule of 16-19 kb. All members infect halophilic archaea in the class Halobacteria (phylum...

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Published in:Journal of general virology 2023-04, Vol.104 (4)
Main Authors: Liu, Ying, Du, Shishen, Chen, Xiangdong, Dyall-Smith, Mike, Jalasvuori, Matti, Oksanen, Hanna M, Ictv Report Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capsid Proteins - genetics
Genome, Viral
Virion - genetics
Virus Physiological Phenomena
Virus Replication
Viruses - genetics
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Summary:The family includes tailless icosahedral viruses with an internal lipid membrane. The capsid is constructed from two major capsid proteins, both with a single jelly-roll fold. The genome is a circular dsDNA molecule of 16-19 kb. All members infect halophilic archaea in the class Halobacteria (phylum Euryarchaeota) and are temperate viruses, their proviruses residing in host cells as extrachromosomal episomes. Once the lytic life cycle is triggered, production of virions causes cell lysis. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family which is available at ictv.global/report/simuloviridae.
ISSN:0022-1317
1465-2099
DOI:10.1099/jgv.0.001841