Tolecusatellitidae

Tolecusatellitidae is a family of biological satellites that is not assigned to any higher taxonomic ranks. The family contains two genera and 131 species.[1] This family of viruses depend on the presence of another virus (helper viruses) to replicate their genomes, as such they have minimal genomes with very low genomic redundancy. [2]

Tolecusatellitidae
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: incertae sedis
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Phylum: incertae sedis
Class: incertae sedis
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Tolecusatellitidae
Genera

See text

Genera

The family consists of the following two genera:[1]

  • Betasatellite – 119 species
  • Deltasatellite – 12 species

References

  1. "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. Silva JM, Pratas D, Caetano T, Matos S (August 2022). "The complexity landscape of viral genomes". GigaScience. 11: giac079. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giac079. PMC 9366995. PMID 35950839.
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