Alphasphaerolipovirus

Alphasphaerolipovirus
Sphaerolipoviridae virion
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Helvetiavirae
Phylum: Dividoviricota
Class: Laserviricetes
Order: Halopanivirales
Family: Sphaerolipoviridae
Genus: Alphasphaerolipovirus
Species
  • Alphasphaerolipovirus helsinkii
  • Alphasphaerolipovirus pinkense
  • Alphasphaerolipovirus serpentinense
  • Alphasphaerolipovirus viikkii

Alphasphaerolipovirus is a genus of double stranded DNA viruses that infect Haloarchaea.[1] The genus contains four species.

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Alphasphaerolipovirus helsinkii (formerly Haloarcula hispanica icosahedral virus 2 (2014-2019), A. HHIV2 (2021))
  • Alphasphaerolipovirus pinkense (formerly Haloarcula hispanica virus PH1 (2014-2019), A. PH1 (2021))
  • Alphasphaerolipovirus serpentinense (formerly Haloarcula hispanica virus SH1 (2014-2019), A. SH1 (2021))
  • Alphasphaerolipovirus viikkii (formerly Haloarcula virus HCIV1 (2014-2019), A. HCIV1 (2021))

Note

The name Halosphaerovirus was also proposed for this genus.[3]

References

  1. ^ Pawlowski A, Rissanen I, Bamford JK, Krupovic M, Jalasvuori M (2014). "Gammasphaerolipovirus, a newly proposed bacteriophage genus, unifies viruses of halophilic archaea and thermophilic bacteria within the novel family Sphaerolipoviridae" (PDF). Arch Virol. 159 (6): 1541–1554. doi:10.1007/s00705-013-1970-6. PMID 24395078.
  2. ^ "Current ICTV Taxonomy Release | ICTV". ictv.global. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ^ Porter K, Tang SL, Chen CP, Chiang PW, Hong MJ, Dyall-Smith M (2013) PH1: An archaeovirus of Haloarcula hispanica related to SH1 and HHIV-2. Archaea 2013: 456318