Rachel, Reinhard and Bettstetter, M. and Hedlund, B. P. and Haering, M. and Kessler, A. and Stetter, Karl O. and Prangishvili, David (2002) Remarkable morphological diversity of viruses and virus-like particles in hot terrestrial environments. ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY, 147 (12). pp. 2419-2429. ISSN 0304-8608
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Electron microscopic studies of the viruses in two hot springs (85degreesC, pH 1.5-2.0, and 75-93degreesC, 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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON SULFOLOBUS; GENETIC ELEMENTS; HIGH ABUNDANCE; MARINE WATERS; SEA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BACTERIA; FREQUENCY; PLASMIDS; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie (Archaeenzentrum) > Prof. Dr. Reinhard Rachel |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2022 06:56 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2022 06:56 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/39585 |
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