Family: Smacoviridae (interim)
This is a summary page created by the ICTV Report Editors using information from associated Taxonomic Proposals and the Master Species List.
Edited by: Arvind Varsani and Mart Krupovic
Posted: November 2024
Summary
The family Smacoviridae includes ssDNA(+/-) viruses detected in environmental samples and samples derived from diverse animals, including vertebrates (Table 1 Smacoviridae). The family Smacoviridae was established in 2018 (Master Species List #32).
Table 1 Smacoviridae. Characteristics of members of the family Smacoviridae.
| Characteristic | Description |
| Example | porcine associated stool circular virus (JX274036), species Porprismacovirus porci1, genus Porprismacovirus |
| Virion | Predicted icosahedral |
| Genome | Circular ssDNA(+/-) of 2.3–3.1 kb |
| Replication | Rolling circle |
| Translation | Unknown |
| Host range | Unknown, possibly archaea (Díez-Villaseñor & Rodriguez-Valera, 2019) |
| Taxonomy | Realm Monodnaviria, kingdom Shotokuvirae, phylum Cressdnaviricota, class Arfiviricetes, order Cremevirales: 12 genera, 143 species |
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| Figure 1 Smacoviridae. Genome organisation of porcine associated stool circular virus, a member of the family Smacoviridae. Boxes indicate open reading frames as annotated on GenBank accession JX274036. |
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| Figure 2 Smacoviridae. Relationships of the taxa connected to the family Smacoviridae. |
Derivation of names
Babosmacovirus: from baboon, the host /source of viruses in the genus
Bonzesmacovirus: from bovine New Zealand, the host /source of viruses in the genus
Bostasmacovirus: from Bos taurus, the binomial name for cattle, the host /source of viruses in the genus
Bovismacovirus: from bovine and smacovirus
Cosmacovirus: from cow and smacovirus
Dragsmacovirus: from dragonfly and smacovirus
Drosmacovirus: from dromedary and smacovirus
Felismacovirus: from feline and smacovirus
Huchismacovirus: from human smacovirus and chicken smacovirus
Inpeasmacovirus: from Indian peafowl
Porprismacovirus: from porcine smacovirus and primate smacovirus
Simismacovirus: from simian and smacovirus
Smacoviridae: from small circular ssDNA and the vowel o, referring to the size of genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
References: Smacoviridae
Díez-Villaseñor, C. & Rodriguez-Valera, F. (2019). CRISPR analysis suggests that small circular single-stranded DNA smacoviruses infect Archaea instead of humans. Nat Commun 10, 294. [PubMed]