Deltasatellite is a genus of satellite nucleic acids in the family Tolecusatellitidae. The genus contains 13 species.
Name
The name Deltasatellite is a combination of Delta, often used in molecular biology to indicate a mutation or deletion, and satellitidae, the fact that it is a satellite.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following species:
- Deltasatellite brassicae
- Deltasatellite codiaeumiflavi
- Deltasatellite desmodii
- Deltasatellite ipomoeaprimi
- Deltasatellite ipomoeasecundi
- Deltasatellite ipomoeatertii
- Deltasatellite malvastri
- Deltasatellite sidaflavusprimi
- Deltasatellite sidaflavussecundi
- Deltasatellite sidaflavustertii
- Deltasatellite solani
- Deltasatellite solaniflavusprimi
- Deltasatellite solaniflavussecundi
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