Distinguishing features
Members of this genus infect Staphylococcus sp. mainly S. aureus. The type species is Staphylococcus virus Remus. The genome of the exemplar isolate of the type species is 135 kbp, with a total of 174 gene coding sequences as well as 1 encoded tRNA.
Virion
See discussion under family description.
Genome organisation and replication
See discussion under family description.
Biology
Members of the genus infect Staphylococcus sp. mainly S. aureus.
Derivation of names
Silviavirus: indirectly derived from the exemplar isolate, Staphylococcus phage Remus, of the type species. In Roman mythology, Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus, after which two phage strains belonging to the type species were named.
Species demarcation criteria
Members of the same species are more than 95% identical in genome nucleotide sequence, including the terminal repeat region. Phages with genomes that differ by more than 5% are assigned to different species.
Member species
Species | Virus name | Isolate | Accession number | RefSeq number | Available sequence | Virus Abbrev. | |
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Silviavirus remus | Staphylococcus phage vB_SauM_Remus | JX846612 | NC_022090 | Complete genome | |||
Silviavirus remus | Staphylococcus phage vB_SauM_Romulus | JX846613 | Complete genome | ||||
Silviavirus SA11 | Staphylococcus phage SA11 | JX194239 | NC_019511 | Complete genome | |||
Silviavirus stau2 | Staphylococcus phage Stau2 | KP881332 | NC_030933 | Complete genome |