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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Iridoviridae.

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The Iridoviridae is a family of large, icosahedral viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes ranging in size from 103 to 220 kbp, and in vertebrates they can lead to high levels of mortality among commercially and ecologically important fish and amphibians.
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The Iridoviridae is a family of large, icosahedral viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes ranging in size from 103 to 220 kbp. Members of the subfamily Alphairidovirinae infect ectothermic vertebrates (bony fish, amphibians and reptiles), whereas members of the subfamily Betairidovirinae mainly infect insects and crustaceans. Infections can be either covert or patent, and in vertebrates they can lead to high levels of mortality among commercially and ecologically important fish and amphibians. This is a summary of the current International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Iridoviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/iridoviridae.

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Ranaviruses and other members of the family Iridoviridae: Their place in the virosphere.

TL;DR: Phylogenetic analyses delineate five genera within the family and suggest that members of the families Iridoviridae, Ascovir Families, and Marseilleviridae compromise a monophyletic lineage in which ascoviruses are most closely related to invertebrate iridovIRuses.
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Diversity, evolutionary contribution and ecological roles of aquatic viruses.

TL;DR: This review summary and outline main virus species, their evolutionary contribution to aquatic communities through horizontal gene transfer, and their ecological roles for cyanobacterial bloom termination and global biogeochemical cycling in freshwater and marine ecosystems.
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Susceptibility of Exopalaemon carinicauda to the Infection with Shrimp Hemocyte Iridescent Virus (SHIV 20141215), a Strain of Decapod Iridescent Virus 1 (DIV1)

TL;DR: The results of molecular tests, histopathological examination, ISDL, and TEM confirmed that E. carinicauda is a susceptible host of DIV1 and showed some degree of tolerance to the infection with DIV 1 per os challenge mimicking natural pathway.
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Ranavirus phylogenomics: Signatures of recombination and inversions among bullfrog ranaculture isolates

TL;DR: Both bullfrog ranaviruses are more pathogenic than wild-type FV3 suggesting recombination may have resulted in the increased pathogenicity observed in the ranavirus isolated in the later outbreak.
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Family Iridoviridae: Poor Viral Relations No Longer

TL;DR: The molecular and genetic basis of viral replication, pathogenesis, and immunity are described, and viral ecology is discussed with reference to members from each of the invertebrate and vertebrate genera.
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Comparative genomic analysis of the family Iridoviridae : re-annotating and defining the core set of iridovirus genes

TL;DR: The re-analysis of genomes within the Iridoviridae family provides a unifying framework to understand the biology of these viruses, and further re-defining the core set of iridovirus genes will continue to lead to a better understanding of the phylogenetic relationships between individual irids.
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The genome of frog virus 3, an animal DNA virus, is circularly permuted and terminally redundant

TL;DR: It is concluded that the FV3 genome is both circularly permuted and terminally redundant--unique features for an animal virus.
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The Capsid Proteins of a Large, Icosahedral dsDNA Virus

TL;DR: There are at least eight finger proteins and three dimeric and two monomeric zip proteins in one asymmetric unit of the CIV capsid, and these minor proteins appear to stabilize the virus by acting as intercapsomer cross-links.
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Diversity of large DNA viruses of invertebrates.

TL;DR: The transmission and mode of infection of the most important viruses in these families are explained and which orders of invertebrates are susceptible to these pathogens are indicated.
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