Open AccessICTV virus taxonomy profile: Picobirnaviridae
Author(s) -
Bernard Delmas,
Houssam Attoui,
Souvik Ghosh,
Yashpal Singh Malik,
Egbert Mundt,
Vikram N. Vakharia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/jgv.0.001186
Subject(s) - biology , virus classification , taxonomy (biology) , virology , genome , genetics , evolutionary biology , zoology , gene
Picobirnaviridae is a family of viruses with bi-segmented (rarely unsegmented) dsRNA genomes comprising about 4.4 kbp in total, with small, non-enveloped spherical virions. The family includes one genus (Picobirnavirus) grouping three genetic clusters with high sequence variability, two defined by viruses infecting vertebrates and a third with viruses found in invertebrates. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of Picobirnaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/picobirnaviridae.