Tolecusatellitidae | |
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Virus classification ![]() | |
Informal group: | Subviral agents |
Informal group: | Satellite nucleic acids |
Family: | Tolecusatellitidae |
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Tolecusatellitidae is a incertae sedis ssDNA/ssDNA(+) family of biological satellites. The family contains two genera and 131 species. [1] This family of viruses depend on the presence of another virus (helper viruses) to replicate their genomes, as such they have minimal genomes with very low genomic redundancy.
The name Tolecusatellitidae is a combination of Tolecu, from the first DNA satellite shown to be associated with Tomato leaf curl virus and satellite, the fact that it is a satellite. [2]
The species are ssDNA unless specified ssDNA(+). There are 62 ssDNA(+) and 69 ssDNA satellites.
Betasatellite
Deltasatellite