Totiviridae

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Totiviridae
Virus classification
Group: Group III (dsRNA)
Order: Unassigned
Family: Totiviridae
Genera
  • Giardiavirus
  • Leishmaniavirus
  • Totivirus
  • Trichomonasvirus
  • Victorivirus

Totiviridae is a family of double-stranded RNA viruses. They are non-enveloped, icosahedral viruses. The virion is composed of a single capsid protein and is about 40 nanometers in diameter. The capsid has a T=2 symmetry.

The genome is composed of a linear double-stranded RNA molecule of 4.6–6.7 kilobases. It contains 2 overlapping open reading frames (ORF)—gag and pol—which respectively encode the capsid protein and the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Some totiviruses contain a third small potential ORF.

Classification

There are five genera in Totiviridae, which contain a total of 29 species.

  • Genus Giardiavirus; type species: Giardia lamblia virus
  • Genus Leishmaniavirus; type species: Leishmania RNA virus 1-1
  • Genus Totivirus; type species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae virus L-A
  • Genus Trichomonasvirus; type species: Trichomonas vaginalis virus 1
  • Genus Victorivirus: type species Helminthosporium victoriae virus 190S

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