Biology:Mammarenavirus
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Short description: Genus of viruses
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Arenaviridae |
| Genus: | Mammarenavirus |
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Mammarenavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Arenaviridae.[3] The name is a portmanteau of mammal and the former name Arenavirus, and differentiates it from the reptile-associated Reptarenavirus.[2] Arenavirus comes from the Latin arena (sand) for the sandy appearance of the virions.[4]
Taxonomy
The following species are recognized:[5]
- Allpahuayo mammarenavirus
- Alxa mammarenavirus
- Argentinian mammarenavirus
- Bear Canyon mammarenavirus
- Brazilian mammarenavirus
- Cali mammarenavirus
- Chapare mammarenavirus
- Chevrier mammarenavirus
- Cupixi mammarenavirus
- Flexal mammarenavirus
- Gairo mammarenavirus
- Guanarito mammarenavirus
- Ippy mammarenavirus
- Kitale mammarenavirus
- Lassa mammarenavirus
- Latino mammarenavirus
- Loei River mammarenavirus
- Lujo mammarenavirus
- Luna mammarenavirus
- Lunk mammarenavirus
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus
- Machupo mammarenavirus
- Mariental mammarenavirus
- Merino Walk mammarenavirus
- Mobala mammarenavirus
- Mopeia mammarenavirus
- Okahandja mammarenavirus
- Oliveros mammarenavirus
- Paraguayan mammarenavirus
- Pirital mammarenavirus
- Planalto mammarenavirus
- Ryukyu mammarenavirus
- Serra do Navio mammarenavirus
- Solwezi mammarenavirus
- Souris mammarenavirus
- Tacaribe mammarenavirus
- Tamiami mammarenavirus
- Wenzhou mammarenavirus
- Whitewater Arroyo mammarenavirus
- Xapuri mammarenavirus
References
- ↑ "ICTV Report Arenaviridae". http://www.ictv.global/arenaviridae.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Buchmeier, Michael J. (2 July 2014). "Rename one (1) genus and twenty-five (25) species in the family Arenaviridae" (in en). https://ictv.global/ictv/proposals/2014.012aV.A.v3.Arenavirus_ren.pdf. Retrieved 7 March 2019. "in the family Arenaviridae change the name of genus Arenavirus to Mammarenavirus and convert the names of its constituent species to a binomial format, by appending the name Mammarenavirus to each existing name"
- ↑ Radoshitzky, SR; Buchmeier, MJ; Charrel, RN; Clegg, JCS; Gonzalez, JJ; Günther, S; Hepojoki, J; Kuhn, JH et al. (August 2019). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arenaviridae.". The Journal of General Virology 100 (8): 1200–1201. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001280. PMID 31192784.
- ↑ "ICTV 9th Report Arenaviridae". https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_9th_report/negative-sense-rna-viruses-2011/w/negrna_viruses/203/arenaviridae. Retrieved 7 March 2019. "Derivation of name Arena: from Latin arenosus, “sandy” and arena, “sand”, in recognition of the sand-like particles observed in thin section. The name originally proposed was arenovirus, but was subsequently changed to avoid possible confusion with Adenovirus."
- ↑ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. https://ictv.global/taxonomy.
Further reading
- Stott, Robert J.; Strecker, Thomas; Foster, Toshana L. (July 2020). "Distinct Molecular Mechanisms of Host Immune Response Modulation by Arenavirus NP and Z Proteins" (in en). Viruses 12 (7): 784. doi:10.3390/v12070784. ISSN 1999-4915. PMID 32708250.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q22107262 entry
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