Table 2

Published non-tailed viruses isolated from marine bacteria and single-celled eukaryotes
Host organismVirusNucleic acidCapsid diameter (nm)Reference
BacteriaPseudoalteromonas sp.PM2dsDNA60Espejo and Canelo, 1968
 Synechococcus sp. WH7803cyanophage NssDNAca. 77McDaniel et al., 2006
 Cellulophaga balticaΦ3:2ssDNA73±0.5Holmfeldt et al., 2012
 Cellulophaga balticaΦ46:2ssDNA72±1.9Holmfeldt et al., 2012
 Cellulophaga balticaΦ48:2ssDNA72±1.1Holmfeldt et al., 2012
 Cellulophaga balticaΦ12:2ssDNA31±2.1Holmfeldt et al., 2012
 Cellulophaga balticaΦ12a:1ssDNA30±1.8Holmfeldt et al., 2012
 Cellulophaga balticaΦ18:4ssDNA32±2.6Holmfeldt et al., 2012
 Cellulophaga balticaΦ14:1ssDNANRHolmfeldt et al., 2012
 Cellulophaga balticaΦ48:1ssDNANRHolmfeldt et al., 2012
 06 N-5806 N-58 PRNA60Hidaka and Ichida, 1976
 Synechococcus sp. WH7803NRNR125Kuznetsov et al., 2012
Single-celledMicromonas pusillaMPV-PB5dsDNAca. 115Cottrell and Suttle, 1991
eukaryotesMicromonas pusillaMPV-PB7dsDNAca. 115Cottrell and Suttle, 1991
 Micromonas pusillaMPV-PB8dsDNAca. 115Cottrell and Suttle, 1991
 Micromonas pusillaMPV-GM1dsDNAca. 115Cottrell and Suttle, 1991
 Micromonas pusillaMPV-PL1dsDNAca. 115Cottrell and Suttle, 1991
 Micromonas pusillaMPV-SP1dsDNAca. 115Cottrell and Suttle, 1991
 Micromonas pusillaMPV-SG1dsDNAca. 115Cottrell and Suttle, 1991
 Chrysochromulina brevifilumCbV-PW1dsDNA145–170Suttle and Chan, 1995
 Phaeocystis pouchetiiPpV01dsDNA130–160Jacobsen et al., 1996
 Heterosigma akashiwoHaVdsDNA202±6Nagasaki and Yamaguchi, 1997
 Myriotrichia clavaeformisMclaV-1dsDNA195±5Wolf et al., 2000
 Chrysochromulina ericinaCeV-01BdsDNA160Sandaa et al., 2001
 Pyramimonas orientalisPoV-01BdsDNA220 × 180Sandaa et al., 2001
 Heterocapsa circularisquamaHcVdsDNA197±8Tarutani et al., 2001
 Emiliania huxleyiEhVdsDNA160–180Castberg et al., 2002
 Emiliania huxleyiEhV (10 isolates)dsDNA170–200Schroeder et al., 2002
 Ostreococcus tauriOtV5dsDNA122±9Derelle et al., 2008
 Ostreococcus tauriOtV-1dsDNA100–120Weynberg et al., 2009
 Ostreococcus tauriOtV-2dsDNANRWeynberg et al., 2011
 Chaetoceros salsugineumCsNIVssDNA38Nagasaki et al., 2005
 Chaetoceros debilisCdebDNAVssDNA30Tomaru et al., 2008
 Chaetoceros lorenzianusClorDNAVssDNA34Tomaru et al., 2011
 Heterosigma akashiwoHaRNAVRNA25Tai et al., 2003
 Rhizosolenia setigeraRsRNAVRNA32Nagasaki et al., 2004
 Heterocapsa circularisquamaHcRNAVRNA30Tomaru et al., 2004
 Schizochytrium sp.SssRNAVRNA25Takao et al., 2005
 Micromonas pusillaMpRVRNA90–95Attoui et al., 2006
 Chaetoceros socialisCsfrRNAVRNA22Tomaru et al., 2009

Abbreviation: NR, not reported.

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