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Globuloviridae

Globuloviridae
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(unranked): Virus
Family: Globuloviridae
Genera
  • Alphaglobulovirus
Negative-contrast electron micrographs of virions of Pyrobaculum spherical virus (PSV, genus Alphaglobulovirus). (Left) Intact virions; arrows indicate spherical protrusions. (Right) Partially disrupted virions extruding disordered nucleoprotein core. The bars represent 100 nm. Modified from (Häring et al., 2004; provided by ICTV).

Globuloviridae is a family of hyperthermophilic archaeal viruses. Crenarchaea of the genera Pyrobaculum and Thermoproteus (both in Thermoproteaceae) serve as natural hosts. There are four species in this family, assigned to a single genus, Alphaglobulovirus.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Prangishvili, D; Krupovic, M; ICTV Report Consortium (2018). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Globuloviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 99 (10): 1357–1358. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001123. PMID 30091697.
  2. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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