Tolecusatellitidae Explained

Tolecusatellitidae is a incertae sedis ssDNA/ssDNA(+) family of biological satellites. The family contains two genera and 131 species.[1] This family of viruses depend on the presence of another virus (helper viruses) to replicate their genomes, as such they have minimal genomes with very low genomic redundancy. [2]

Name

The name Tolecusatellitidae is a combination of Tolecu, from the first DNA satellite shown to be associated with Tomato leaf curl virus and satellite, the fact that it is a satellite.[3]

Taxonomy

The species are ssDNA unless specified ssDNA(+). There are 62 ssDNA(+) and 69 ssDNA satellites.

Betasatellite

Deltasatellite

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virus Taxonomy: 2022 Release . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) . 19 August 2023 . en . March 2023.
  2. Silva JM, Pratas D, Caetano T, Matos S . The complexity landscape of viral genomes . GigaScience . 11 . giac079 . August 2022 . 35950839 . 9366995 . 10.1093/gigascience/giac079 .
  3. Web site: Proposal 2016.021a-kP.A.v2.Tolecusatellitidae.pdf PDF . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) . 19 August 2023 . en.