%0 Journal Article %A Prangishvili, David %A Mochizuki, Tomohiro %A Krupovic, Mart %A ICTV Report Consortium %T ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Guttaviridae %D 2018 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 99 %N 3 %P 290-291 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001027 %K taxonomy %K ICTV report %K Aeropyrum pernix ovoid virus 1 %K Guttaviridae %I Microbiology Society, %X Guttaviridae is a family of enveloped viruses infecting hyperthermophilic archaea. The virions are ovoid or droplet-shaped, with a diameter of 55–80 nm and a length of 75–130 nm. The genome is a circular dsDNA molecule of around 14–20 kbp. The droplet-shaped morphology is unprecedented among viruses of bacteria and eukaryotes and represents a group of archaea-specific virion morphotypes. The family includes two genera, Alphaguttavirus and Betaguttavirus, each with a single species. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of Guttaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/guttaviridae. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.001027