Chimalliviridae

Chimalliviridae
Electron micrograph of a Pseudomonas virus phiKZ virion
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Duplodnaviria
Kingdom:	Heunggongvirae
Phylum:	Uroviricota
Class:	Caudoviricetes
Family:	Chimalliviridae
Subfamilies & Genera
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Chimalliviridae is a family of bacteriophages in the class Caudoviricetes . ^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

The family has one subfamily with two genera: ^[1]

• Gorgonvirinae
  • Aphroditevirus
  • Tidunavirus

The family has many incertae sedis genera not part of a subfamily: ^[1]

• Agricanvirus
• Chiangmaivirus
• Derbicusvirus
• Elvirus
• Erskinevirus
• Goslarvirus
• Iapetusvirus
• Machinavirus
• Moabitevirus
• Noxifervirus
• Petsuvirus
• Phikzvirus
• Ripduovirus
• Risingsunvirus
• Seoulvirus
• Takahashivirus
• Wellingtonvirus

References

1. "Chimalliviridae Taxon Details". ICTV. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
2. Prichard A, Lee J, Laughlin TG, Lee A, Thomas KP, Sy AE, Spencer T, Asavavimol A, Cafferata A, Cameron M, Chiu N, Davydov D, Desai I, Diaz G, Guereca M, Hearst K, Huang L, Jacobs E, Johnson A, Kahn S, Koch R, Martinez A, Norquist M, Pau T, Prasad G, Saam K, Sandhu M, Sarabia AJ, Schumaker S, Sonin A, Uyeno A, Zhao A, Corbett KD, Pogliano K, Meyer J, Grose JH, Villa E, Dutton R, Pogliano J (May 2023). "Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY". Cell Reports. 42 (5): 112432. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112432. PMC   10299810 . PMID   37120812.