Vitivirus

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Vitivirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Tymovirales
Family: Betaflexiviridae
Subfamily: Trivirinae
Genus: Vitivirus

Vitivirus is a genus of viruses in the order Tymovirales, in the family Betaflexiviridae.[1][2] Plants serve as natural hosts. There are 22 species in this genus.[1][3]

The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species:[1]

Structure

Viruses in Vitivirus are non-enveloped, with flexuous and filamentous geometries. The diameter is around 12 nm. Genomes are linear, around 7.6kb in length. The genome codes for 5 proteins.[3]

GenusStructureSymmetryCapsidGenomic arrangementGenomic segmentation
VitivirusFilamentousNon-envelopedLinearMonopartite

Life cycle

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