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The Lipothrixviridae family consists of a family of viruses that infect archaeaArnold, H.P., Zillig, W., Ziese, U., Holz, I., Crosby, M., Utterback, T., Weidmann, J.F., Kristjanson, J.K., Klenk, H.P., Nelson, K.E. and Fraser, C.M. (2000). A novel lipothrixvirus, SIFV, of the extremely thermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus. Virology, 267, 252-266.. They share characteristics from the Rudiviridae family and both have are filamentous viruses with linear dsDNA genomes that infect thermophilic archaea in the kingdom CrenarchaeotaBettstetter, M., Peng, X., Garrett, R.A. and Prangishvili, D. (2003). AFV-1, a novel virus infecting hyperthermophilic archaea of the genus Acidianus. Virology, 315, 68-79.. Lipothrixviridae are enveloped....
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