title: A novel single-tailed fusiform Sulfolobus virus STSV2 infecting model Sulfolobus species.
abstract: A newly isolated single-tailed fusiform virus, Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus STSV2, from Hamazui, China, is characterised. It contains a double-stranded modified DNA genome of 76,107 bp and is enveloped by a lipid membrane structure. Virions exhibit a single coat protein that forms oligomers when isolated. STSV2 is related to the single-tailed fusiform virus STSV1 and, more distantly, to the two-tailed bicaudavirus ATV. The virus can be stably cultured over long periods in laboratory strains of Sulfolobus and no evidence was found for cell lysis under different stress conditions. Therefore, it constitutes an excellent model virus for archaeal virus-host studies.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Biological and Engineering, Cenggong Campus, Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST), Kunming, 650500, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdmann
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaoxing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shiraz A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Le Moine Bauer
authors.forename: Carlos León
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sobrino
authors.forename: Haina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yunlin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Qunxin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: She
authors.forename: Roger A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lianbing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D023641:Archaeal Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001483:Base Sequence; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins