Thaspiviridae

Thaspiviridae
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: incertae sedis
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Phylum: incertae sedis
Class: incertae sedis
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Thaspiviridae
Subtaxa

Genus: Nitmarvirus
Species: Nitmarvirus NSV1

Thaspiviridae is a family of spindle-shaped viruses that is not assigned to any higher taxonomic ranks. The family contains a single genus, Nitmarvirus, which contains a single species, Nitmarvirus NSV1.[1][2]

Members of the family Thaspiviridae have linear dsDNA genomes of 27 to 29 kbp and are the first viruses known to infect mesophilic ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota. The virion of Nitrosopumilus spindle-shaped virus 1 (NSV1) is 64±3 nm in diameter and 112±6 nm in length with a short tail at one pole.[3] The spindle-shape morphology of the virion is very similar to those of members of the families Fuselloviridae and Halspiviridae, which infect hyperthermophilic and hyperhalophilic archaea, respectively.

References

  1. "Virus Taxonomy: 2019 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). July 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. Kim, JG; Gazi, KS; Krupovic, M; Rhee, SK; Ictv Report, Consortium (July 2021). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Thaspiviridae 2021". The Journal of General Virology. 102 (7): 001631. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001631. PMC 8491892. PMID 34328827.
  3. Kim, JG; Kim, SJ; Cvirkaite-Krupovic, V; Yu, WJ; Gwak, JH; López-Pérez, M; Rodriguez-Valera, F; Krupovic, M; Cho, JC; Rhee, SK (2019). "Spindle-shaped viruses infect marine ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (31): 15645–15650. doi:10.1073/pnas.1905682116. PMC 6681747. PMID 31311861.


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