Biology:Mammarenavirus

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Short description: Genus of viruses


Mammarenavirus
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Mammarenavirus structure and genome composition.
Virus classification e
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Arenaviridae
Genus: Mammarenavirus
Species[1]

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Synonyms[2]
  • Arenavirus

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]



References

  1. "ICTV Report Arenaviridae". http://www.ictv.global/arenaviridae. 
  2. 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" 
  3. 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. 
  4. "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." 
  5. "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. https://ictv.global/taxonomy. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q22107262 entry