| Literature DB >> 12491107 |
R Rachel1, M Bettstetter, B P Hedlund, M Häring, A Kessler, K O Stetter, D Prangishvili.
Abstract
Electron microscopic studies of the viruses in two hot springs (85 degrees C, pH 1.5-2.0, and 75-93 degrees C, pH 6.5) in Yellowstone National Park revealed particles with twelve different morphotypes. This diversity encompassed known viruses of hyperthermophilic archaea, filamentous Lipothrixviridae, rod-shaped Rudiviridae, and spindle-shaped Fuselloviridae, and novel morphotypes previously not observed in nature. Two virus types resembled head-and-tail bacteriophages from the families Siphoviridae and Podoviridae, and constituted the first observation of these viruses in a hydrothermal environment. Viral hosts in the acidic spring were members of the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus Acidianus.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12491107 DOI： 10.1007/s00705-002-0895-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Virol ISSN： 0304-8608 Impact factor: 2.574