Rudiviridae
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Baltimore Classification
Higher order taxa
Viruses; dsDNA viruses, no RNA stage
Genera
Rudivirus
Description and Significance
Genome Structure
Virion Structure of a Rudivirus
Rudivirus virions consist of a capsid. The capsid is a non-enveloped, elongated, rigid rod shape which exhibits icosahedral symmetry. The virion particles are 600-900 nm in length and 23 nm in width. Rudivirus virions resemble some RNA plant virus virions. (sources: ICTVdB, Ortmann et al.)
Reproduction Cycle of a Rudivirus in a Host Cell
Viral Ecology & Pathology
References
ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/
Ortmann et al. "Hot crenarchaeal viruses reveal deep evolutionary connections." Nature Reviews Microbiology 4 (2006): 520-528.
