Morphological diversity in crenarchaeal viruses

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Description: English: Morphological diversity in crenarchaeal viruses A, clockwise, beginning at upper left: STIV (8), a PSV-like virus, Sulfolobus neozealandicus droplet-shaped virus (SNDV) (47), SSV1 (48), STSV1 (9), an ATV-like virus, an SIRV virus, and S. icelandicus filamentous virus (SIFV) (10). Micrographs of SIRV, PSV-like, and ATV-like viruses from Yellowstone National Park are the courtesy of M. J. Y. Other panels are reproduced, with permission, from Refs. 8, 9, 10, 47, and 48. B, cryoelectron microscopy reconstruction of the STIV particle (8) showing a cutaway view (20) of the T = 31 icosahedral capsid with turret-like projections that extend from each of the 5-fold vertices. Portions of the protein shell (blue) and inner lipid layer (yellow) have been removed to reveal the interior. Date: May 2016. Source: [1] doi:10.1074/jbc.R800078200. Author: C. Martin Lawrence, Smita Menon, Brian J. Eilers, Brian Bothner, Reza Khayat, Trevor Douglas and Mark J. Young.