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Pecluvirus
Virus classification
Group:
Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Family:
None Currently Assigned
Genus:
Pecluvirus


The Pecluvirus is a genus of a virus with no family. Virions are helical, non-enveloped, elongated and rod-shaped with a length of 245 nm - 160 nm and a width of 21 nm. The genome is segmented into two parts of linear, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA, 10400 nucleotides in length. The name of the genus is derived from its type species, Peanut clump virus, giving rise to Pecluvirus.[1].

Species in this genus include:


Literature

  1. ^ ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.087.0.01. Pecluvirus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA