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| Diagram of virion structure | |
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| Transmission electron micrograph of virions, negatively stained with uranyl acetate. Scale bar = 100 nm. | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Family: | Halspiviridae |
| Genus: | Salterprovirus |
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| Locality of isolation: saltern crystalliser in Avalon, Victoria, Australia | |
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Salterprovirus
Salterprovirus His1
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Halspiviridae is a family of viruses that consists of a single genus, Salterprovirus, which consists of a single recognised species; Salterprovirus His1 (hereafter, 'His1'). 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.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ Bath C, Dyall-Smith ML (November 1998). "His1, an archaeal virus of the Fuselloviridae family that infects Haloarcula hispanica". Journal of Virology. 72 (11): 9392–5. doi:10.1128/JVI.72.11.9392-9395.1998. PMC 110367. PMID 9765495.
- ^ Bath C, Cukalac T, Porter K, Dyall-Smith ML (June 2006). "His1 and His2 are distantly related, spindle-shaped haloviruses belonging to the novel virus group, Salterprovirus". Virology. 350 (1): 228–39. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2006.02.005. PMID 16530800.
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