Organic Lake virophage

Organic Lake virophage
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Preplasmiviricota
Class: Virophaviricetes
Order: Lavidavirales
Genus: incertae sedis
(unranked): Organic Lake virophage

Organic Lake virophage (OLV) is a double-stranded DNA virophage (a virus that requires the presence of another virus to replicate itself and in so doing limits the ability of the other virus to replicate). It was detected metagenomically in samples from Organic Lake, Antarctica.

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