Distinguishing features
Members of this genus infect Staphylococcus sp. including S. epidermis. The type species is Staphylococcus virus SEP1. The genome of the exemplar isolate of the type species is 140 kbp, with a total of 200 gene coding sequences and no tRNAs.
Virion
See discussion under family description.
Genome organisation and replication
See discussion under family description.
Biology
Members of the genus infect Staphylococcus sp. including S. epidermis.
Derivation of names
Sepunavirus: derived from the name of the exemplar isolate, Staphylococcus phage phiIBB-SEP1, of the type species (i.e. sep followed by una, meaning one).
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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Sepunavirus IPLAC1C | Staphylococcus phage vB_SepM_ phiIPLA-C1C | KP027447 | NC_028962 | Complete genome | |||
Sepunavirus SEP1 | Staphylococcus phage phiIBB-SEP1 | KF021268 | NC_041928 | Complete genome |