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Organic Lake virophage

Organic Lake virophage (OLV) is a double-stranded DNA virophage. It was detected metagenomically in samples from Organic Lake, Antarctica.

Virology
The virophage appears to be ~100 nanometers in diameter and to be enveloped. It preys on Organic Lake phycodnaviruses, which in fact may rather belong to Mimiviridae than to Phycodnaviridae. The genome is double-stranded DNA and is 26,421 base pairs in length. Proteins encoded by it include the major capsid protein, a DNA packaging ATPase, a putative DNA polymerase/primase and a N6 adenine specific DNA methyltransferase. ==References==
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