Thermoproteus tenax virus 1
| Thermoproteus tenax virus 1 | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group I (dsDNA) |
| Order: | Ligamenvirales |
| Family: | Lipothrixviridae |
| Species: | Thermoproteus tenax virus 1 |
Thermoproteus tenax virus 1 (TTV1) is a bacteriophage capable of infecting cells of the thermophilic archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax.[1] The virus is an enveloped, rod-shaped particle with a dsDNA-containing core. Its genome is linear and 15.9 thousand base pairs long.[2]
References
- ↑ Janekovic, D.; Wunderl, S.; Holz, I.; Zillig, W.; Gierl, A.; Neumann, H. (1 October 1983). "TTV1, TTV2 and TTV3, a family of viruses of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur reducing archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax". MGG Molecular & General Genetics 192 (1-2): 39–45. doi:10.1007/BF00327644.
- ↑ Neumann, Horst; Schwass, Volker, Eckerskorn, Christoph, Zillig, Wolfram (1989). "Identification and characterization of the genes encoding three structural proteins of the Thermoproteus tenax virus TTV1". MGG Molecular & General Genetics 217 (1): 105–110. doi:10.1007/BF00330948.