Emaravirus

Emaravirus
Electron micrograph of European mountain ash ringspot-associated virus and genome (bar = 100 nm)
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Bunyaviricetes
Order: Elliovirales
Family: Fimoviridae
Genus: Emaravirus
Species

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Emaravirus is a genus of negative-strand RNA viruses which infect plants. The plant virus group is the sole genus in the family Fimoviridae.

Structure

Virions of this genus are between 80 and 100 nm and consists of an enveloped ribonucleocapsid that exhibits helical symmetry.

Genome

The genomes are segmented, consisting of four strands of negative-sense single-stranded RNA.

Taxonomy

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Elbeaino, T; Digiaro, M; Mielke-Ehret, N; Muehlbach, HP; Martelli, GP; Ictv Report, Consortium (November 2018). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Fimoviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 99 (11): 1478–1479. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001143. PMC 12662054. PMID 30204080.
  2. ↑ "Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Genus: Emaravirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 20 March 2025.