Tobaniviridae

Tobaniviridae
Electron micrograph of virion and structure of bovine torovirus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Nidovirales
Suborder: Tornidovirineae
Family: Tobaniviridae
Subfamilies and genera[1]

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Tobaniviridae is a family of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses in the order Nidovirales which infect vertebrates.[1] Host organisms include mammals, fish, and snakes. The genome size of tobaniviruses ranges from 20 to 32 kilobases.[2] The family is the only member of the suborder Tornidovirineae.[1]

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic tree of family Tobaniviridae

The family Tabaniviridae has four subfamilies and eight genera:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Virus Taxonomy: 2018 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). October 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. Ferron, François; Debat, Humberto J.; Shannon, Ashleigh; Decroly, Etienne; Canard, Bruno (2020-03-01). "A N7-guanine RNA cap methyltransferase signature-sequence as a genetic marker of large genome, non-mammalian Tobaniviridae". NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 2 (1): lqz022. doi:10.1093/nargab/lqz022. PMC 7107822. PMID 32289120.
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