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Gyrovirus

Circoviridae

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Virion

Morphology:

Icosahedral

Envelope:

No

Diameter (nm):

23–25

Length (nm):

–

Structural components:

Capsid

Buoyant density (g/mL):

1.33–1.37

Buoyant density method:

CsCl

Lipid composition:

None

Additional information:

Capsid comprises 60 subunits (T = 1), consisting of 12 pentameric units

Chicken anemia virus. Fig. 1
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Negative contrast electron micrograph of virus particles (diameter = 25 nm) (Reproduced by permission of Daniel Todd, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Stormont, Belfast, UK)

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Todd, D. (2011). Gyrovirus. In: Tidona, C., Darai, G. (eds) The Springer Index of Viruses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95919-1_48

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