Coccolithovirus

Coccolithovirus
Giant coccolithovirus, Emiliania huxleyi virus 86 (arrowed), infecting an Emiliania huxleyi coccolithophore
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Megaviricetes
Order: Algavirales
Family: Phycodnaviridae
Genus: Coccolithovirus
Strains
  • Emiliania huxleyi virus 86
  • EhV-84 (1999 EC)
  • EhV-88 (1999 EC)
  • EhV-201 (2001 EC)
  • EhV-202 (2001 EC)
  • EhV-203 (2001 EC)
  • EhV-207 (2001 EC)
  • EhV-208 (2001 EC)
  • EhV-18 (2008 EC)
  • EhV-156 (2009 EC)
  • EhV-164 (2008 Scotland)
  • EhV-145 (2008 Scotland)
  • EhV-99B1 (1999 Norway)
  • EhV-163 (2000 Norway)

Coccolithovirus is a genus of giant double-stranded DNA virus, in the family Phycodnaviridae. Algae, specifically Emiliania huxleyi, a species of coccolithophore,[1] serve as natural hosts. There is only one described species in this genus: Emiliania huxleyi virus 86.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.