Organic Lake virophage
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| Organic Lake virophage | |
|---|---|
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Preplasmiviricota |
| Class: | Virophaviricetes |
| Order: | Lavidavirales |
| Genus: | incertae sedis |
| (unranked): | Organic Lake virophage |
Organic Lake virophage (OLV) is a double-stranded DNA virophage (a virus that requires the presence of another virus to replicate itself and in so doing limits the ability of the other virus to replicate). It was detected metagenomically in samples from Organic Lake, Antarctica.[1]
