Prasinovirus

Prasinovirus
Negative stained image of MpV-SP1
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Megaviricetes
Order: Algavirales
Family: Phycodnaviridae
Genus: Prasinovirus

Prasinovirus is a genus of large double-stranded DNA viruses, in the family Phycodnaviridae that infect phytoplankton in the Prasinophyceae. There are three groups in this genus,[1][2] including Micromonas pusilla virus SP1, which infects the cosmopolitan photosynthetic flagellate Micromonas pusilla.[3]

There is a large group of genetically diverse but related viruses that show considerable evidence of lateral gene transfer.[4][5]

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  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ^ Cottrell, Matthew T.; Suttle, Curtis A. (1991). "Wide-spread occurrence and clonal variation in viruses which cause lysis of a cosmopolitan, eukaryotic marine phytoplankter, "Micromonas pusilla"". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 78: 1–9. Bibcode:1991MEPS...78....1C. doi:10.3354/meps078001. ISSN 1616-1599.
  4. ^ Bellec, Laure; Grimsley, Nigel; Derelle, Evelyn; Moreau, Herve; Desdevises, Yves (2010). "Abundance, spatial distribution and genetic diversity of Ostreococcus tauri viruses in two different environments". Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2 (2): 313–321. doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00138.x. PMID 23766083.
  5. ^ Finke, Jan F; Winget, Danielle M; Chan, Amy M; Suttle, Curtis A (2017). "Variation in the genetic repertoire of viruses Infecting Micromonas pusilla reflects horizontal gene transfer and links to their environmental distribution". Viruses. 9 (5): 116. doi:10.3390/v9050116. PMC 5454428. PMID 28534829.