Kapp M
Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz.
Virus Genes. 1998;16(1):111-7. doi: 10.1023/a:1007962112756.
Viruses infecting algal hosts possess large double-stranded DNA as genomes. We have recently identified a family of viruses specific for filamentous brown algae. In contrast to the better known Chlorella viruses with their lytic infection cycle, marine brown algal viruses latently occur in their host cells and are induced to multiply in response to a variety of external stimuli such as change in light and temperature. Here, I summarize the known properties of this family of viruses and discuss their taxonomic classification.
感染藻类宿主的病毒以双链DNA作为基因组。我们最近鉴定出了一类专性感染丝状褐藻的病毒。与广为人知的具有裂解性感染周期的小球藻病毒不同，海洋褐藻病毒潜伏于宿主细胞中，并在诸如光照和温度变化等各种外部刺激下被诱导增殖。在此，我总结了这类病毒的已知特性，并讨论了它们的分类学归属。
