Betalipothrixvirus

Betalipothrixvirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Adnaviria
Kingdom: Zilligvirae
Phylum: Taleaviricota
Class: Tokiviricetes
Order: Ligamenvirales
Family: Lipothrixviridae
Genus: Betalipothrixvirus
Species
  • Betalipothrixvirus acidiani
  • Betalipothrixvirus hveragerdiense
  • Betalipothrixvirus pezzuloense
  • Betalipothrixvirus pozzuoliense
  • Betalipothrixvirus puteoliense
  • Betalipothrixvirus uzonense

Betalipothrixvirus is a genus of viruses in the family Lipothrixviridae. Archaea serve as natural hosts. The genus contains six species.[1][2]

All species within the genus have linear double-stranded DNA genomes and some infect hyperthermophilic crenarchaea of the orders Sulfolobales.[3]

Etymology: the root of the word (Beta)Lipothrix: from Greek, "fat hair", referring to the virion shape(SIB).

  1. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2023 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). April 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ Prangishvili, D.; Garrett, R.A. (1 April 2004). "Exceptionally diverse morphotypes and genomes of crenarchaeal hyperthermophilic viruses". Biochemical Society Transactions. 32 (2): 204–208. doi:10.1042/bst0320204. ISSN 0300-5127.