Marnavirus

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Marnavirus
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Family: Marnaviridae Genus: Marnavirus

Marnavirus is the only known genus within the family Marnaviridae. Virions consist of a round, non-enveloped capsid with icosahedral symmetry. The capsid is isometric.

The genome is a non-segmented single molecule of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA of about 9000 nucleotides in length^[1].

[edit] Literature

1. ^ ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.109.0.01. Marnavirus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA.