Fuselloviridae
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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. (source: ICTV dB Descriptions)