Family: Inoviridae

Genus: Scuticavirus

 

Distinguishing features

Stenotrophomonas phage SMA6 is isolated from a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain Khak84, and has a genome of 7,648 bases. The genome encodes 11 proteins and can be integrated into the host genome (Petrova et al., 2014). 

Virion

See discussion under family description

Genome organisation and replication

See discussion under family description

Biology

Members of the genus infect Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. 

Species demarcation criteria

There is only one species in the genus. Members of additional species will be >5% different in the DNA sequence of their genomes as assessed using the BLASTn algorithm.