Chrysochromulina ericina virus

Chrysochromulina ericina virus
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A giant dsDNA virus that infects the marine microalga Haptolina ericina.

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Chrysochromulina ericina virus

  • Viruses

Chrysochromulina ericina virus 01B, also called Chrysochromulina ericina virus (CeV), is a giant virus in the family Mimiviridae. It infects Haptolina ericina, a marine microalga in the Haptophyta. Haptolina ericina was previously assigned to the genus Chrysochromulina. CeV is a double-stranded DNA virus.

Virus family
Mimiviridae
Host
Haptolina ericina
Genome type
dsDNA
Sources and credits

Sources and credits

Article
Chrysochromulina ericina virus (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata
Q65036770
Text
Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
Illustration
By R.A. Sandaa. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia Commons
R.A. Sandaa, Sandaa, R.-A., Heldal, M., Castberg, T., Thyrhaug, R. & Bratbak, G.: Isolation and Characterization of Two Viruses with Large Genome Size Infecting Chrysochromulina ericina (Prymnesiophyceae) and Pyramimonas orientalis (Prasinophyceae). Virology 290, 272–280 (2001). PMID 11883191. doi:10.1006/viro.2001.1161
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