Ampullaviridae: Difference between revisions
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Monika Haring, Reinhard Rachel, Xu Peng, Roger A. Garrett, David Prangishvili; "Viral Diversity in Hot Springs of Pozzuoli, Italy, and Characterization of a Unique Archaeal Virus, Acidianus Bottle-Shaped Virus, from a New Family, the Ampullaviridae"; <u>Journal of Virology</u>; August 2005 | |||
Revision as of 14:41, 26 July 2006
Baltimore Classification
Higher order taxa
Genera
Description and Significance
Ampullaviridae gets its name from the Latin "ampulla" for bottle because of the unique bottle-shaped morphology of the virions. Such a shape had not been previously observed in the viral world. In the Ampullaviridae, the complex morphotype of asymmetric virions, lacking elements of regular helical symmetry, with two completely different structures at each end and an envelope encasing a funnel-shaped core suggests that such a complex morphotype facilitates infection.
Genome Structure
Virion Structure of an Ampullaviridae
Reproductive Cycle of an Ampullaviridae in a Host Cell
Viral Ecology & Pathology
References
Monika Haring, Reinhard Rachel, Xu Peng, Roger A. Garrett, David Prangishvili; "Viral Diversity in Hot Springs of Pozzuoli, Italy, and Characterization of a Unique Archaeal Virus, Acidianus Bottle-Shaped Virus, from a New Family, the Ampullaviridae"; Journal of Virology; August 2005
