Leviviricetes

<i>Leviviricetes</i>

Leviviricetes

Class of viruses

Leviviricetes is a class of viruses, which infect prokaryotes. Most of these bacteriophages were discovered by metagenomics.[1]

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Taxonomy

Leviviricetes contains two orders and nine genera unassigned to an order. This is shown hereafter:[2]

Orders:

Unassigned genera:

  • Chimpavirus
  • Hohglivirus
  • Mahrahvirus
  • Meihzavirus
  • Nicedsevirus
  • Sculuvirus
  • Skrubnovirus
  • Tetipavirus
  • Winunavirus

References

  1. [1]
    Callanan J, Stockdale SR, Adriaenssens EM, Kuhn JH (January 2021). "Rename one class (Leviviricetes - formerly Allassoviricetes), rename one order (Norzivirales - formerly Levivirales), create one new order (Timlovirales), and expand the class to a total of six families, 420 genera and 883 species". ResearchGate. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.25363.40481.
  2. [2]
    "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.


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