Prasinovirus
Prasinovirus is a genus of large double-stranded DNA viruses, in the family Phycodnaviridae that infect phytoplankton in the Prasinophyceae. There are three groups in this genus, including Micromonas pusilla virus SP1, which infects the cosmopolitan photosynthetic flagellate Micromonas pusilla.
| Prasinovirus | |
|---|---|
| Negative stained image of MpV-SP1 | |
| Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
| Class: | Megaviricetes |
| Order: | Algavirales |
| Family: | Phycodnaviridae |
| Genus: | Prasinovirus |
There is a large group of genetically diverse but related viruses that show considerable evidence of lateral gene transfer.
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