viruses
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Viruses are found in almo ...
; it contains only one genus, ''Alphaturrivirus''. The
archaea
Archaea ( ) is a Domain (biology), domain of organisms. Traditionally, Archaea only included its Prokaryote, prokaryotic members, but this has since been found to be paraphyletic, as eukaryotes are known to have evolved from archaea. Even thou ...
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Sulfolobus solfataricus
''Saccharolobus solfataricus'' is a species of thermophilic archaeon. It was transferred from the genus ''Sulfolobus'' to the new genus ''Saccharolobus'' with the description of ''Saccharolobus caldissimus'' in 2018.
It was first discovered an ...
'' serve as natural hosts. There are two species in the genus ''Alphaturrivirus''.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species:
* ''Alphaturrivirus hveragerdiense'',
Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus 2
''Sulfolobus'' is a genus of microorganism in the family Sulfolobaceae. It belongs to the kingdom Thermoproteati of the Archaea domain.
''Sulfolobus'' species grow in volcanic springs with optimal growth occurring at pH 2–3 and temperatures ...