Idaeovirus

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Idaeovirus
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Family: None Currently Assigned Genus: Idaeovirus

The Idaeovirus refers to a genus of a plant virus with currently no assigned family or order. Virus consists of a non-enveloped, icosahedral capsid with a diameter of 33 nm. The viral gene is segmented into 3 parts of positive sense, single stranded RNA of about 8600 nucleotides in length. Subgenomic mRNA exist within the virus production cycle^[1].

The only known species in this genus includes the Raspberry bushy dwarf virus.

[edit] Literature

1. ^ ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/00.034.0.01.htm