Biology:Kuravirus

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Short description: Genus of viruses


Kuravirus
Virus classification e
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Uroviricota
Class: Caudoviricetes
Order: Caudovirales
Family: Podoviridae
Genus: Kuravirus
Synonyms

Phieco32-like viruses
Phieco32likevirus
Phieco32virus[1]

Kuravirus is a genus of viruses within the Podoviridae family. This genus was established based on a combination of morphological features and genome organization.

Taxonomy

The following species are recognized:[2]

  • Escherichia virus 172-1
  • Escherichia virus ECB2
  • Escherichia virus NJ01
  • Escherichia virus phiEco32
  • Escherichia virus Septima11
  • Escherichia virus SU10

Virology

Escherichia virus phiEco32, has a relatively rare morphology, a C3 morphotype, with an elongated head (145 x 44 nm) and a short tail (13 nm) with short kinked tail fibers.[citation needed]

These phages are temperate and are capable of generalized transduction with lysogenic conversion, and can have very high burst sizes.[citation needed]

References

  1. "ICTV Taxonomy history: Kuravirus". ICTV. https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=201850687. Retrieved 24 June 2019. 
  2. "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. https://ictv.global/taxonomy. 

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