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64.0.1. dsDNA satellite viruses

Table of Contents

Taxonomy

Original Source and History of Virus
Virion Properties


Morphology
Physicochemical and Physical Properties
Nucleic Acid
Proteins
Lipids
Carbohydrates

Genome Organization and Replication

Infectivity
Replication
Function of Helper and Satellite Viruses
Cytopathology

Antigenic Properties

Serological Relationships
Diagnosis

Biological Properties

Symptoms and Host Range
Transmission
Geographic Distribution
Ecology and Control
Diagnostic and Methods

Taxonomic Structure
General Comments
References
Data sources and Contributors
Related Databases
Additional Data Sources and Teaching aids

Taxonomy

Virus Code. 64.0.1. Virus Accession number 64010000.


Comments: The helper viruses are enterophage P2, family 43. Myoviridae, and related phages.

Virus infects bacteria.

Description is on taxonomic level of category equivalent to genus.

Properties of Virion

Morphology

Virions not enveloped; tailed; head. Nucleocapsids isometric (but smaller than their helper virus).

Nucleic Acid

linear double stranded DNA.

Genome Organization and Replication

Genomic nucleic acid infectious.

Function of Helper and Satellite Viruses. Virions associated with helper virus and dependent on its functions during replication.

Taxonomic Structure

Type species: 43.0.1.0.001 P4.

References

The following references are cited in the ICTV Report : rf_satel.htm.

Data sources and contributors.

The above description has been compiled from the data presented in the Sixth ICTV Report by Mayo MA, Berns KI, Fritsch C, Kaper JM, Jackson AO, Leibowitz MJ, Taylor JM.

Additional Data Sources and Teaching Aids

Negative contrast electron micrograph of virus particles P2 and P4 ; P2 and P4 .

The description has been generated automatically from DELTA files.

ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, developed for the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by Dr Cornelia Büchen-Osmond, is written in DELTA. The virus descriptions in ICTVdB are coded by ICTV members and experts, or by the ICTVdB Management using data provided by the experts, the literature or the latest ICTV Report. The character list is the underlying code. All virus descriptions are based on the character list and natural language translations from the encoded descriptions are automatically generated and formatted for display on the Web.

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ICTVdB and DELTA related References

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