Salmonella virus SopEphi

Salmonella virus SopEphi is a virus of the family Myoviridae, genus Felsduovirus.[1][2]

Salmonella virus SopEphi
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Uroviricota
Class: Caudoviricetes
Order: Caudovirales
Family: Myoviridae
Genus: Felsduovirus
Species:
Salmonella virus SopEphi

As a member of group I of the Baltimore classification, Salmonella virus SopEphi is a dsDNA viruses. All the family Myoviridae members share a nonenveloped morphology consisting of a head and a tail separated by a neck. Its genome is linear. The propagation of the virions includes attaching to a host cell (a bacterium, as Salmonella virus SopEphi is a bacteriophage) and the injection of the double stranded DNA; the host transcribes and translates it to manufacture new particles. To replicate its genetic content requires host cell DNA polymerases and, hence, the process is highly dependent on the cell cycle.[3]

References

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  1. ^ International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) (2011). "Master Species List of 2011, version 2". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ^ Adams, MJ; Carstens, EB (2012). "Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2012)". Archives of Virology. 157 (7): 1411–22. doi:10.1007/s00705-012-1299-6. PMC 7086667. PMID 22481600.
  3. ^ Baltimore, D (1971). "Expression of animal virus genomes". Bacteriological Reviews. 35 (3): 235–41. doi:10.1128/br.35.3.235-241.1971. PMC 378387. PMID 4329869.