White bream virus is a species of virus. It is the sole species in the subgenus Blicbavirus, which is in the genus Bafinivirus.[1] It was first isolated from white bream (Blicca bjoerkna) in Germany.[2] It is a bacilliform (rod-shaped) positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus.[3]
White bream virus | |
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Electron micrograph of virion and structure of white bream virus | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
Order: | Nidovirales |
Family: | Tobaniviridae |
Genus: | Bafinivirus |
Subgenus: | Blicbavirus |
Species: | White bream virus
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References
edit- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2018 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ McVey, D. Scott; Kennedy, Melissa; Chengappa, M.M., eds. (2013). Veterinary Microbiology (3rd ed.). Wiley.
- ^ Batts WN, Goodwin AE, Winton JR (2012). "Genetic analysis of a novel nidovirus from fathead minnows". J. Gen. Virol. 93 (Pt 6): 1247–52. doi:10.1099/vir.0.041210-0. PMID 22422065.