Cheravirus

Cheravirus
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Order: Picornavirales
Family: Secoviridae
Genus: Cheravirus
Species

Apple latent spherical virus
Cherry rasp leaf virus

The Cheravirus refers to a genus of a plant virus in the family Secoviridae and order Picornavirales. Virus consists of a non-enveloped capsid with isometric, icosahedral symmetry. The viral gene is two segments of positive sense, single stranded RNA of about 10,000 nucleotides in length.[1].

Two well known species in this genus includes[2]:

Literature

  1. ^ ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.111.0.01. Cheravirus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA
  2. ^ Index of Viruses - Cheravirus (2006). In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA.

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