ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Thaspiviridae 2021

Jong-Geol Kim (1) , Khaled S Gazi (2) , Mart Krupovic (3) , Sung-Keun Rhee (2) , Ictv Report Consortium

1 Wonkwang University
2 Chungbuk National University
3 Virologie des archées - Archaeal Virology

Members of the family Thaspiviridae have linear dsDNA genomes of 27 to 29 kbp and are the first viruses known to infect mesophilic ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota. The spindle-shaped virions of Nitrosopumilus spindle-shaped virus 1 possess short tails at one pole and measure 64±3 nm in diameter and 112±6 nm in length. This morphology is similar to that of members of the families Fuselloviridae and Halspiviridae . Virus replication is not lytic but leads to growth inhibition of the host. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Thaspiviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/thaspiviridae .

Keywords: ICTV Report; taxonomy; Thaspiviridae

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Jong-Geol Kim, Khaled S Gazi, Mart Krupovic, Sung-Keun Rhee, Ictv Report Consortium. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Thaspiviridae 2021. Journal of General Virology, 2021, 102 (7), pp.001631. ⟨10.1099/jgv.0.001631⟩. ⟨pasteur-03318857⟩