inovirus

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Etymology

From the genus name, translingual Inovirus.

Noun

inovirus (plural inoviruses)

  1. Any of the genus Inovirus of filamentous bacteriophages.
    • 2021 February 24, Encyclopedia of Virology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 43:
      With the exception of anelloviruses, bidnaviruses, spiraviruses, and some inoviruses, the replicative protein of ssDNA viruses is the so-called HUH endonuclease that cuts genomic DNA at a specific site and initiates rolling circle (or rolling hairpin) replication.

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