Dinodnavirus is a genus of viruses that infect dinoflagellates.[1] This genus belongs to the clade of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses. The only species in the genus is Heterocapsa circularisquama DNA virus 01.[2]
Dinodnavirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Genus: | Dinodnavirus |
Species | |
Heterocapsa circularisquama DNA virus 01 ICTV 2011 | |
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The order name, Dinodnavirales, is a combination of Dino, from host dinoflagellate and dna, from its DNA genome. [3]
The virus has an icosahedral capsid ~200 nanometers in diameter.[citation needed]
The genome is a single molecule of double stranded DNA of a ~356-kilobases.[citation needed]
It infects the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama.
During replication virions emerge from a specific cytoplasm compartment – the 'viroplasm' – which is created by the virus.[4]
The sole species was originally thought to belong to the family Phycodnaviridae.
DNA studies have shown that the genus belongs in the family Asfarviridae.[5][6]