Fusellovirus
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Fuselloviridae is a family of viruses. Sulfolobus species, specifically shibatae, solfataricus, and islandicus, serve as natural hosts. There are two genera in the family. Viruses in Fuselloviridae are ubiquitous in high-temperature (≥70 °C), acidic (pH ≤4) hot springs around the world.
Research
73 papers- Genomics, Transcriptomics, and Proteomics of SSV1 and Related Fusellovirus: A Minireview.Viruses · 2022
- Construction of a Fusellovirus with a Minimal Set of Genes.ACS synthetic biology · 2021
- Viruses of haloarchaea.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2014
- Structural insights into the architecture of the hyperthermophilic Fusellovirus SSV1.Virology · 2015
- A genetic study of SSV1, the prototypical fusellovirus.Frontiers in microbiology · 2012
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- double-stranded DNA virus
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Fuselloviridae is a family of viruses. Sulfolobus species, specifically shibatae, solfataricus, and islandicus, serve as natural hosts. There are two genera in the family. Viruses in Fuselloviridae are ubiquitous in high-temperature (≥70 °C), acidic (pH ≤4) hot springs around the world.
==Taxonomy== The family contains the following genera: Alphafusellovirus Betafusellovirus
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