Finnlakeviridae

<i>Finnlakeviridae</i>

Finnlakeviridae

Family of viruses

Finnlakeviridae is a family of bacterial viruses that is not assigned to any higher taxonomic ranks. The family contains a single genus, Finnlakevirus, which contains a single species, Flavobacterium virus FLiP.[1][2] This virus was isolated in 2010, with its gram-negative host Flavobacterium, from Lake Jyväsjärvi, a boreal freshwater habitat in Central Finland, and is the first described single-stranded DNA virus with an internal membrane.[2]

Genome organization of Flavobacterium phage FLiP.
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Cryo-electron microscopic reconstruction of the Flavobacterium phage FLiP virion

The genome is circular single-stranded DNA of about 9200 nucleotides in length.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Mäntynen, S; Laanto, E; Sundberg, LR; Poranen, MM; Oksanen, HM; ICTV Report Consortium (September 2020). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Finnlakeviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 101 (9): 894–895. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001488. hdl:10138/320459. PMC 7654751. PMID 32840474.
  2. [2]
    "ICTV Report Finnlakeviridae".


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