Book: Suolaviridae
Family: Suolaviridae (Interim Report)
This is a summary page created by the ICTV Report Editors using information from associated Taxonomic Proposals and the Master Species List.
Edited by: Mart Krupovic
Posted: April 2023, updated December 2024
Summary
The family Suolaviridae includes dsDNA viruses that infect hyperhalophilic archaea of the genus Halorubrum (Table 1 Suolaviridae). The family Suolaviridae was established in 2022 (Master Species List 37).
Table 1 Suolaviridae. Characteristics of members of the family Suolaviridae.
| Characteristic | Description |
| Example | Halorubrum tailed virus 28 (MZ334528), species Pormufvirus salinum, genus Pormufvirus |
| Virion | Icosahedral capsid and a non-contractile helical tail (siphoviral morphology) |
| Genome | Linear dsDNA genome of 35 kbp (Figure 1 Suolaviridae) |
| Host range | hyperhalophilic archaea of the genus Halorubrum |
| Taxonomy | Realm Duplodnaviria, kingdom Heunggongvirae, phylum Uroviricota, class Caudoviricetes: 1 genus and 1 species (Figure 2 Suolaviridae) |
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| Figure 1 Suolaviridae. Genome organisation of Halorubrum tailed virus 28, a member of the family Suolaviridae. Boxes indicate open reading frames as annotated on GenBank accession MZ334528. |
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| Figure 2 Suolaviridae. Taxonomy of the family Suolaviridae. |
Derivation of name
Suolaviridae: from the Finnish word suola, for salt.