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Artoviridae

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Artoviridae is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales.[1][2] Barnacles, copepods, odonates, parasitoid wasps, pile worms, and woodlice serve as natural hosts.[2] The group name derives from arthropod the phylum of its hosts.[3] Members of the family were initially discovered by high throughput sequencing.[4][5]

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Artoviridae
Electron micrographs of PpNSRV-1 purified particles
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Artoviridae
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Structure

Artovirus genome organization

Virions are enveloped, spherical particles, 100 to 130 nm in diameter, and the virus genome comprises about 12 kb of negative-sense, unsegmented RNA.[2]

Taxonomy

The family contains the following genera:[2]

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