Clavaviridae

Clavaviridae
Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Family: Clavavirus
Genera

Clavavirus

Clavaviridae is a family of double-stranded viruses that infect archaea. There is one genus in this family (Clavavirus). Within this genus, only a single species has been described to date.

The name is derived from the Latin word clava meaning stick.

Virology

The virons are bacilliform in shape and ~140 nanometers (nm) in length and 20 nm in diameter.[1] One end is pointed and the other is rounded.

The genome is double-stranded DNA and circular. It does not integrate into the host genome.

Infection with this virus does not cause host cell lysis.

References

  1. ^ Mochizuki T, Yoshida T, Tanaka R, Forterre P, Sakob Y, Prangishvili D (2010) Diversity of viruses of the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus Aeropyrum, and isolation of the Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1, APBV1, the first representative of the family Clavaviridae. Virology 402(2): 347-354