Draft Genome Sequence of Tokyovirus, a Member of the Family Marseilleviridae Isolated from the Arakawa River of Tokyo, Japan

Members of the Marseilleviridae family are large DNA viruses with icosahedral particles that infect Acanthamoeba cells. This report presents a new Marseilleviridae family member discovered in a water/soil sample from a river in Tokyo, named Tokyovirus, with genome size of 370 to 380 kb.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Takemura, Masaharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Materias:
Viruses
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27284144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00429-16
Descripción
Sumario:Members of the Marseilleviridae family are large DNA viruses with icosahedral particles that infect Acanthamoeba cells. This report presents a new Marseilleviridae family member discovered in a water/soil sample from a river in Tokyo, named Tokyovirus, with genome size of 370 to 380 kb.

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