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Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle shaped virus

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Group
  
Group I (dsDNA)

Family
  
Bicaudaviridae

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Unassigned

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Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus

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Sulfolobus, Sulfolobus turreted ic, Fuselloviridae, Acidianus, Crenarchaeota

Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus 1 (STSV-1 or STSV1) is a DNA virus of the family Bicaudaviridae. It infects the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus tengchongensis which can be found in the volcanic area of Tengchong, Baoshan City, in western Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.

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