The typical form of the virions of the
Marseilleviridae is, in principle, similar to that of the
Mimiviridae.
Marseilleviridae is a family of viruses first named in 2012.[1] The genomes of these viruses are double-stranded DNA. Amoeba are often hosts, but there is evidence that they are found in humans as well.[2][3][4][5] The family contains one genus and four species, two of which are unassigned to a genus.[6][7] It is a member of the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses clade.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following genera and species:[7]
Related Viruses
Images of cryo-frozen
Marseilleviridae particles (left and center) and enlarged diagram of structure near a vertex. Black arrows indicate Large Dense Bodies. White arrows indicate lipid bilayer.
Additional species have since been recognized.[1] The first member of this family recognized has been named Acanthamoeba polyphaga marseillevirus. A second member is Acanthamoeba castellanii lausannevirus. Two additional viruses have been isolated but have yet to be named. Another member of this family has been isolated from blood donors.[4] An isolate from insects—Insectomime virus—has also been reported.[8]
The viruses appear to fall into at least 3 lineages: (1) Marseillevirus and Cannes8virus (2) Insectomime and Tunisvirus and (3) Lausannevirus. A sixth potential member of this family—Melbournevirus—appears to be related to the Marseillevirus/Cannes8virus clade.[9]
A seventh virus—Brazilian Marseillevirus—has been reported.[10] This virus appears to belong to a fourth lineage of virus in this family.
Another virus—Tokyovirus—has also been reported.[11]
Another member of this family is Kurlavirus.[12]
In 2017, it was proposed that the family contained the following five lineages:[13]
Lineage A
Lineage B
Lineage C
Lineage D
Lineage E
Another putative member of this family is Marseillevirus shanghai. If this virus is confirmed, it would belong to the A lineage.
Structure
Viruses in Marseilleviridae have icosahedral geometries. The diameter is around 250 nm. Genomes are circular, around 372kb in length. The genome has 457 open reading frames.[6]
Life cycle
DNA-templated transcription is the method of transcription. Amoeba serve as the natural host.[6]
Genomics
A promoter sequence—AAATATTT—has been found associated with 55% of the identified genes in this virus.[14] Most of these sequences occur in multiple copies.
History
One of the first members of this family was described in 2009.[15] Other members described around then (2007) and since then have been documented.[16]
References
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