Salterprovirus
Sign in to saveHalspiviridae is a family of viruses that consists of a single genus, Salterprovirus, which consists of a single recognised species; Halovirus His1 (His1, Salterprovirus australiense). This virus was isolated from hypersaline water in Australia and was able to be cultured on the halophilic archaeon Haloarcula hispanica. Like many other archaeoviruses, His1 has an approximately limoniform (lemon-shaped) virion.
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Halspiviridae is a family of viruses that consists of a single genus, Salterprovirus, which consists of a single recognised species; Halovirus His1 (His1, Salterprovirus australiense). This virus was isolated from hypersaline water in Australia and was able to be cultured on the halophilic archaeon Haloarcula hispanica. Like many other archaeoviruses, His1 has an approximately limoniform (lemon-shaped) virion.
== Etymology == The family name, Halspiviridae, is derived from halophilic and spindle-shaped, in reference to the habitat and virion morphology, respectively. The genus name, Salterprovirus, is derived from salty terminal protein virus, as the linear dsDNA genome has proteins attached to the 5′ termini.
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