@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.001023, author = "Prangishvili, David and Krupovic, Mart and ICTV Report Consortium", title = "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Ampullaviridae", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "2018", volume = "99", number = "3", pages = "288-289", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001023", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.001023", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Acidianus bottle-shaped virus", keywords = "Taxonomy", keywords = "ICTV Report", keywords = "Ampullaviridae", abstract = "The family Ampullaviridae includes viruses with linear dsDNA genomes that replicate in hyperthermophilic archaea from the genus Acidianus. The virions have a unique champagne bottle-shaped morphology and consist of a nucleoprotein filament condensed into a cone-shaped core, which is encased by an envelope, with the base of the ‘bottle’ decorated with a ring of 20 filaments. Genome replication is presumably carried out by the virus-encoded protein-primed family B DNA polymerase. The bottle-shaped morphology is unprecedented among viruses of bacteria and eukaryotes and represents a group of archaea-specific virion morphotypes. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Ampullaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/ampullaviridae.", }