Bodo saltans virus

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Theiavirus salishense
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(A) shows a mature BsV virion.
(B) shows a healthy Bodo saltans cell.
(C) and (D) show a post-infection state, assembly, and maturation of the virus inside a Bodo saltans cell.
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Megaviricetes
Order: Imitervirales
Family: Mimiviridae
Species:
Theiavirus salishense

Theiavirus salishense, the Bodo saltans virus is a giant virus of the Mimiviridae family that infects the protozoa Bodo saltans . [1] It has a genome of 1.39 megabases, one of the largest known viral genomes. [1]

Bodo saltans cell 24 hr post-BsV infection showing degraded intracellular structures and a BsV virus factory (black arrow head). Lax 33014 elife-33014-fig2-figsupp1-v1C.jpg
Bodo saltans cell 24 hr post-BsV infection showing degraded intracellular structures and a BsV virus factory (black arrow head).

References

  1. 1 2 3 Deeg, C.M.; Chow, E.C.T.; Suttle, C.A. (2018). "The kinetoplastid-infecting Bodo saltans virus (BsV), a window into the most abundant giant viruses in the sea". eLife. 7: e33014. doi: 10.7554/eLife.33014 . PMC   5871332 . PMID   29582753.


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