Viruses of Archaea continue to surprise us. Archaeal viruses have revealed new morphologies, protein folds, and gene content. This is especially true for large spindle viruses, which infect only Archaea . We present a comparison of particle morphologies, major coat protein structures, and gene content among the five characterized large spindle viruses to elucidate defining characteristics. Structural similarities and a core set of genes support the grouping of the large spindle viruses into a new superfamily.
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Hochstein, R., Bollschweiler, D., Engelhardt, H., Lawrence, C. M., & Young, M. (2015). Large Tailed Spindle Viruses of Archaea: a New Way of Doing Viral Business. Journal of Virology, 89(18), 9146–9149. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00612-15
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