Genome Sequence of Hardyhisp2, a Gammapleolipovirus Infecting Haloarcula hispanica

Mike Dyall-Smith; Friedhelm Pfeiffer; Pei-Wen Chiang; Sen-Lin Tang

doi:10.1128/MRA.00226-21

Genome Sequence of Hardyhisp2, a Gammapleolipovirus Infecting Haloarcula hispanica

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 13;10(19):e00226-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00226-21.

Authors

Mike Dyall-Smith^{1

2}, Friedhelm Pfeiffer³, Pei-Wen Chiang⁴, Sen-Lin Tang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Computational Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany mike.dyallsmith@gmail.com.
² Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
³ Computational Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
⁴ Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

Abstract

Hardyhisp2 virus infects the halophilic archaeon Haloarcula hispanica DSM 4426^T and is closely related to His2 (Pleolipoviridae family). The viral genome is 16,133 bp long, with terminal inverted repeats of 599 bp. The predicted spike protein is only weakly similar (32% amino acid identity) to that of His2.