Kuravirus is a genus of viruses within the Podoviridae family. This genus was established based on a combination of morphological features and genome organization.
| Kuravirus | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Uroviricota |
| Class: | Caudoviricetes |
| Order: | Caudovirales |
| Family: | Podoviridae |
| Genus: | Kuravirus |
| Synonyms | |
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Phieco32-like viruses | |
Taxonomy
editThe following species are recognized:[2]
Virology
editEscherichia virus phiEco32, has a relatively rare morphology, a C3 morphotype, with an elongated head (145 x 44 nm) and a short tail (13 nm) with short kinked tail fibers.[citation needed]
These phages are temperate and are capable of generalized transduction with lysogenic conversion, and can have very high burst sizes.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "ICTV Taxonomy history: Kuravirus". ICTV. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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