Biology:Smacoviridae
| Smacoviridae | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Monodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Shotokuvirae |
| Phylum: | Cressdnaviricota |
| Class: | Arfiviricetes |
| Order: | Cremevirales |
| Family: | Smacoviridae |
Smacoviridae is a family of single-stranded DNA viruses.[1] The genomes of this family are small (2.3–2.8 kilobases in length). The name Smacoviridae stands for 'small circular genome virus'.[2] The genomes are circular single-stranded DNA and encode rolling-circle replication initiation proteins (Rep) and unique capsid proteins. As of 2021, 12 genera and 84 species are recognized in this family.[3][4] The viruses in this taxon were isolated from faecal samples from insects and vertebrates by metagenomic methods. Little is known about their biology.
Taxonomy
The family Smacoviridae is the sole member of the order Cremevirales and together with other families of CRESS DNA viruses is included within the phylum Cressdnaviricota.[5]
The family currently includes the following genera:[3][4]
- Babosmacovirus
- Bonzesmacovirus
- Bostasmacovirus
- Bovismacovirus
- Cosmacovirus
- Dragsmacovirus
- Drosmacovirus
- Felismacovirus
- Huchismacovirus
- Inpeasmacovirus
- Porprismacovirus
- Simismacovirus
Biology
These viruses have single stranded genomes of 2.3–2.8 kilobases in length. The genome encodes two proteins, a Rep (replicator) and a CP (capsid) protein.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Varsani, A; Krupovic, M (2018). "Smacoviridae: a new family of animal-associated single-stranded DNA viruses.". Archives of Virology 163 (7): 2005–2015. doi:10.1007/s00705-018-3820-z. PMID 29572596.
- ↑ Ng, TF; Zhang, W; Sachsenröder, J; Kondov, NO; da Costa, AC; Vega, E; Holtz, LR; Wu, G et al. (2015). "A diverse group of small circular ssDNA viral genomes in human and non-human primate stools.". Virus Evolution 1 (1): vev017. doi:10.1093/ve/vev017. PMID 27774288.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Krupovic, M; Varsani, A (21 September 2021). "A 2021 taxonomy update for the family Smacoviridae.". Archives of Virology 166 (11): 3245–3253. doi:10.1007/s00705-021-05224-6. PMID 34546431.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. https://ictv.global/taxonomy.
- ↑ Krupovic, M; Varsani, A; Kazlauskas, D; Breitbart, M; Delwart, E; Rosario, K; Yutin, N; Wolf, YI et al. (1 June 2020). "Cressdnaviricota: a Virus Phylum Unifying Seven Families of Rep-Encoding Viruses with Single-Stranded, Circular DNA Genomes.". Journal of Virology 94 (12): e00582-20. doi:10.1128/JVI.00582-20. PMID 32269128.
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