Biology:Phikmvlikevirus

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Phikmvlikevirus
Virus classification
Group:
Group I (dsDNA)
Order:
Family:
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Genus:
Phikmvlikevirus
Type Species
  • Pseudomonas phage phiKMV

Phikmvlikevirus is a genus of viruses that infect bacteria. There are currently four species in this genus including the type species Pseudomonas phage phiKMV.[1][2] Bacteriophage phiKMV[3] and its relatives are known to be highly virulent phages, producing large (3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) diameter) clear plaques on a susceptible host.[4][5] The only reported exception is phage LKA1, which yields small plaques (1 mm (0.039 in)) surrounded by a halo. While all other P. aeruginosa-specific phikmvlikeviruses use the Type IV pili as primary receptor, LKA1 particles attach to the bacterial lipopolysaccharide layer.

Taxonomy

Group: dsDNA

[2]

Virology

Electron microscopic imaging of purified phage particles revealed these phages as typical members of the Podoviridae, with a head diameter of approximately 60 nm (2.4×10−6 in) and a stubby tail with a length of 8–10 nm. Although phiKMV phage resembles the well-studied podovirus T7 in overall genome architecture, it was the first known T7-like phage which encoded a single-subunit RNA polymerase gene downstream its DNA metabolism genes instead of in the early genomic region. Based on these properties, the genus Phikmvlikevirus is classified within the Autographivirinae.[6]

Genus Structure Symmetry Capsid Genomic arrangement Genomic segmentation
Phikmvlikevirus Head-Tail T=7 Non-enveloped Linear Monopartite

Life cycle

Viral replication is cytoplasmic. Entry into the host cell is achieved by absorption into the host cell. DNA-templated transcription is the method of transcription. The virus exits the host cell by lysis, and holin/endolysin/spanin proteins. Bacteria serve as the natural host. Transmission routes are passive diffusion.[1]

Genus Host details Tissue tropism Entry details Release details Replication site Assembly site Transmission
Phikmvlikevirus Bacteria None Injection Lysis Cytoplasm Cytoplasm Passive diffusion

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Viral Zone". ExPASy. http://viralzone.expasy.org/all_by_species/710.html. Retrieved 15 June 2015. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2014 Release". http://ictvonline.org/virusTaxonomy.asp. Retrieved 15 June 2015. 
  3. Lavigne, Rob; Burkal'tseva, Maria V.; Robben, Johan; Sykilinda, Nina N.; Kurochkina, Lidia P.; Grymonprez, Barbara; Jonckx, Bart; Krylov, Victor N. et al. (2003). "The genome of bacteriophage φKMV, a T7-like virus infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa". Virology 312 (1): 49–59. doi:10.1016/S0042-6822(03)00123-5. PMID 12890620. 
  4. Ceyssens, P.-J.; Lavigne, R.; Mattheus, W.; Chibeu, A.; Hertveldt, K.; Mast, J.; Robben, J.; Volckaert, G. (2006). "Genomic Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Phages LKD16 and LKA1: Establishment of the KMV Subgroup within the T7 Supergroup". Journal of Bacteriology 188 (19): 6924–31. doi:10.1128/JB.00831-06. PMID 16980495. 
  5. Lammens, E.; Ceyssens, P.-J.; Voet, M.; Hertveldt, K.; Lavigne, R.; Volckaert, G. (2009). "Representational Difference Analysis (RDA) of bacteriophage genomes". Journal of Microbiological Methods 77 (2): 207–13. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2009.02.006. PMID 19232531. 
  6. Lavigne, Rob; Seto, Donald; Mahadevan, Padmanabhan; Ackermann, Hans-W.; Kropinski, Andrew M. (2008). "Unifying classical and molecular taxonomic classification: analysis of the Podoviridae using BLASTP-based tools". Research in Microbiology 159 (5): 406–14. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2008.03.005. PMID 18555669. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7181497 entry