| Organic Lake virophage | |
|---|---|
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Preplasmiviricota |
| Class: | Maveriviricetes |
| Order: | Priklausovirales |
| Family: | Lavidaviridae |
| Genus: | incertae sedis |
| (unranked): | Organic Lake virophage |
Organic Lake virophage (OLV) is a double-stranded DNA virophage (a virus that requires the presence of another virus to replicate itself and in so doing limits the ability of the other virus to replicate). It was detected metagenomically in samples from Organic Lake, Antarctica.[1]
- ^ Yau, S.; Lauro, F. M.; Demaere, M. Z.; Brown, M. V.; Thomas, T.; Raftery, M. J.; Andrews-Pfannkoch, C.; Lewis, M.; Hoffman, J. M.; Gibson, J. A.; Cavicchioli, R. (April 2011). "Virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108 (15): 6163–8. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.6163Y. doi:10.1073/pnas.1018221108. PMC 3076838. PMID 21444812.