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. 2020 Apr;101(4):362-363.
doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001392. Epub 2020 Feb 5.

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herelleviridae

Jakub Barylski  1 , Andrew M Kropinski  2 , Nabil-Fareed Alikhan  3 , Evelien M Adriaenssens  3 , Ictv Report Consortium
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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herelleviridae

Jakub Barylski et al. J Gen Virol. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Members of the family Herelleviridae are bacterial viruses infecting members of the phylum Firmicutes. The virions have myovirus morphology and virus genomes comprise a linear dsDNA of 125-170 kb. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Herelleviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/herelleviridae.

Keywords: Herelleviridae; ICTV Report; taxonomy.

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The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Transmission electron micrograph of Bacillus phage phiAGATE [8]. Virions were concentrated from bacteria-free lysates and stained with 2 % uranyl acetate (image, Jakub Barylski).
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Genome organization of Bacillus phage SPO1. For convenience, the linear genome is shown as a circle with a single copy of the terminal repeat area indicated with a blue arc. Structural modules are indicated with cyan arcs. The predicted coding sequences on the plus strand are in purple, and those on the minus strand in teal. The five predicted tRNAs are indicated in black. Figure generated using BRIG [9].
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