Chimalliviridae
Appearance
Chimalliviridae | |
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Electron micrograph of a Pseudomonas virus phiKZ virion | |
Virus classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
Phylum: | Uroviricota |
Class: | Caudoviricetes |
Family: | Chimalliviridae |
Subfamilies & Genera | |
Chimalliviridae is a family of bacteriophages in the class Caudoviricetes.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The family has one subfamily with two genera:[1]
- Gorgonvirinae
- Aphroditevirus
- Tidunavirus
The family has many incertae sedis genera not part of a subfamily:[1]
- Agricanvirus
- Chiangmaivirus
- Derbicusvirus
- Elvirus
- Erskinevirus
- Goslarvirus
- Iapetusvirus
- Machinavirus
- Moabitevirus
- Noxifervirus
- Petsuvirus
- Phikzvirus
- Ripduovirus
- Risingsunvirus
- Seoulvirus
- Takahashivirus
- Wellingtonvirus
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Chimalliviridae Taxon Details". ICTV. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Prichard A, Lee J, Laughlin TG, Lee A, Thomas KP, Sy AE, Spencer T, Asavavimol A, Cafferata A, Cameron M, Chiu N, Davydov D, Desai I, Diaz G, Guereca M, Hearst K, Huang L, Jacobs E, Johnson A, Kahn S, Koch R, Martinez A, Norquist M, Pau T, Prasad G, Saam K, Sandhu M, Sarabia AJ, Schumaker S, Sonin A, Uyeno A, Zhao A, Corbett KD, Pogliano K, Meyer J, Grose JH, Villa E, Dutton R, Pogliano J (May 2023). "Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY". Cell Reports. 42 (5): 112432. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112432. PMC 10299810. PMID 37120812.