Bicaudavirus | |
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Bicaudavirus | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Family: | Bicaudaviridae |
Genus: | Bicaudavirus |
Species | |
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Bicaudaviridae is a family of hyperthermophilic archaeal viruses. Members of the genus Acidianus serve as natural hosts. There is only one genus, Bicaudavirus, and one species, Acidianus two-tailed virus, in this family.[1][2][3] However, Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped viruses 1 and 2 (STSV1 and STSV2) are regarded to belong to this family also.[4]