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Betasphaerolipovirus

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Group I (dsDNA)

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Sphaerolipoviridae

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Betasphaerolipovirus is a genus of double stranded DNA viruses that infect haloarchaea. Virus SNJ1 is the type species and currently the only member of the genus.

Morphology

Viruses of this genus have tailless icosahedral virions with an internal lipid membrane located between the protein capsid and the circular double stranded DNA genome.

References

Betasphaerolipovirus Wikipedia