Alphaabyssovirus

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Alphaabyssovirus is a genus of positive-strand RNA viruses in the order Nidovirales which infect sea hares.[2] The genus is monotypic. It contains only the subgenus Aplyccavirus, which contains only one species, Aplysia abyssovirus 1.[1] Alphaabyssovirus is also the only member of the subfamily Tiamatvirinae, which in turn is the only member of family Abyssoviridae, which likewise is the only member of the Abnidovirineae suborder.[1] Aplysia abyssovirus 1 was first isolated from a sample from a California sea hare (Aplysia californica).[2]

Alphaabyssovirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked):Virus
Realm:Riboviria
Kingdom:Orthornavirae
Phylum:Pisuviricota
Class:Pisoniviricetes
Order:Nidovirales
Suborder:Abnidovirineae
Family:Abyssoviridae
Subfamily:Tiamatvirinae
Genus:Alphaabyssovirus
Subgenus and species[1]
  • Aplyccavirus
    • Aplysia abyssovirus 1

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