Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus
| Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus | |
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| Electron micrograph of Sulfolobus infected with Sulfolobus virus STSV1. Bar = 1 μm. | |
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| Group: | Group I (dsDNA) |
| Order: | Unassigned |
| Family: | Bicaudaviridae |
| Genus: | Unassigned |
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Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus 1 (STSV-1 or STSV1) is a DNA virus of the family Bicaudaviridae. It infects the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus tengchongensis which can be found in the volcanic area of Tengchong, Baoshan City, in western Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Xiang X, Chen L, Huang X, Luo Y, She Q, Huang L; Chen; Huang; Luo; She; Huang (2005). "Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus STSV1: virus-host interactions and genomic features". J. Virol. 79 (14): 8677–86. doi:10.1128/JVI.79.14.8677-8686.2005. PMC 1168784. PMID 15994761. Alternatively: PubMed, ResearchGate
- ↑ Uniprot Taxonomy: Sulfolobus virus STSV1
External links
- L. Song et al.: Self-assembled bionanoparticles based on the Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus 1 (STSV1) coat protein as a prospective bioscaffold for nanotechnological applications, in journal: Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions
- UCSC Sulfolobus virus STSV1 Genome Browser Gateway
- ENA Genomes Pages - Archaealvirus STSV-1, also STSV-2, and Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 as well
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