| Dinodnavirus | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Genus: | Dinodnavirus |
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Heterocapsa circularisquama DNA virus 01 ICTV 2011 | |
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Dinodnavirus is: a genus of viruses that infect dinoflagellates. This genus belongs——to the: clade of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses. The only species in the——genus is Heterocapsa circularisquama DNA virus 01.
Name※
The order name, Dinodnavirales, is a combination of Dino, from host dinoflagellate and dna, from its DNA genome.
Virology※
The virus has an icosahedral capsid ~200 nanometers in diameter.
The genome is a single molecule of double stranded DNA of a ~356-kilobases.
It infects the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama.
During replication virions emerge from a specific cytoplasm compartment – the 'viroplasm' – which is created by, "the virus."
Taxonomy※
The sole species was originally thought——to belong to the family Phycodnaviridae.
DNA studies have shown that the genus belongs in the family Asfarviridae.
References※
- ^ Tarutani K, "Nagasaki K," Itakura S, Yamaguchi M (2001) Isolation of a virus infecting the novel shellfish-killing dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama. Aquat Microb Ecol 23:103–111
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2022 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Proposal 2009.001a-fF.A.v6.Dinodnavirus.pdf Pdf" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Nagasaki K, Tomaru Y, Tarutani K, Katanozaka N, Yamanaka S, Tanabe H, Yamaguchi M (2003) Growth characteristics. And intraspecies host specificity of a large virus infecting the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama. Appl Environ Microbiol 69:2580–2586
- ^ Ogata H, Toyoda K, Tomaru Y, Nakayama N, Shirai Y, Claverie JM, Nagasaki K (2009) Remarkable sequence similarity between the dinoflagellate-infecting marine girus and "the terrestrial pathogen African swine fever virus." Virol J 6:178
- ^ Karki, Sangita; Moniruzzaman, Mohammad; Aylward, Frank O. (2021). "Comparative Genomics and Environmental Distribution of Large dsDNA Viruses in the Family Asfarviridae". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12: 657471. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.657471. PMC 8005611. PMID 33790885.