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==Description and Significance==
==Description and Significance==


Fuselloviridae is an archaeal virus with a single-stranded DNA. It infects Sulfolobus, growing at pH2 at 20ºC.
Fuselloviridae is an archaeal virus. It infects Sulfolobus, growing at pH2 at 20ºC.


==Genome Structure==
==Genome Structure==

Revision as of 15:35, 16 June 2006

Baltimore Classification

Higher order taxa

Viruses; dsDNA viruses, no RNA stage; Fuselloviridae

Genera

Fusellovirus

Description and Significance

Fuselloviridae is an archaeal virus. It infects Sulfolobus, growing at pH2 at 20ºC.

Genome Structure

The genome of a fuselloviridae is not segmented and contains a single molecule of circular, positively supercoiled, double stranded DNA. The complete genome is 15500 nucleotides long.

Virion Structure of a (virus name here)

Reproduction Cycle of a (virus name here) in a Host Cell

Viral Ecology & Pathology

References