Rudivirus
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Icerudivirus is a genus of viruses in the family Rudiviridae. These viruses are non-enveloped, stiff-rod-shaped viruses with linear dsDNA genomes, that infect hyperthermophilic archaea of the species Sulfolobus islandicus. There are three species in the genus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumTaleaviricota
- ClassTokiviricetes
- OrderLigamenvirales
- FamilyRudiviridae
via GBIF
Research
63 papersvia PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Discovery
- Structure
- Genome
- Transcriptional patterns and transcription regulation
- Viral life cycle
- Potential applications in nanotechnology
- References
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Icerudivirus is a genus of viruses in the family Rudiviridae. These viruses are non-enveloped, stiff-rod-shaped viruses with linear dsDNA genomes, that infect hyperthermophilic archaea of the species Sulfolobus islandicus. There are three species in the genus.
==Taxonomy== The following species are assigned to the genus: Icerudivirus SIRV1 Icerudivirus SIRV2 Icerudivirus SIRV3
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