References: Cystoviridae

Bamford, D. H., Palva, E. T. & Lounatmaa, K. (1976).  Ultrastructure and life cycle of the lipid-containing bacteriophage φ6. J Gen Virol 32, 249-259. [PubMed]

Further reading: Cystoviridae

Gottlieb, P., Wei, H., Potgieter, C. & Toporovsky, I. (2002).  Characterization of φ12, a bacteriophage related to φ6: nucleotide sequence of the small and middle double-stranded RNA. Virology 293, 118-124. [PubMed]

Authors: Cystoviridae

Minna M. Poranen*
Cystoviridae Study Group Chair
Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Helsinki
P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9)
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
E-mail: minna.poranen@helsinki.fi

Family: Cystoviridae

Genus: Cystovirus

Distinguishing features

Since only one genus is currently recognized, the genus description corresponds to the family description.

Family: Cystoviridae

Minna M. Poranen and Sari Mäntynen

The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Poranen et al., (2017):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Cystoviridae, Journal of General Virology, 98: 2423–2424.

Resources: Retroviridae

Sequence alignments and tree files:

Figure 5.Retroviridae

Tree file (Newick format)

Alignment file (FASTA format)

Subfamily: Spumaretrovirinae

Genus: Simiispumavirus

Subfamily: Spumaretrovirinae

Genus: Prosimiispumavirus

Subfamily: Spumaretrovirinae

Genus: Felispumavirus

Distinguishing features

Viruses of the genus occur naturally in feline hosts. 

Virion

See discussion in subfamily description. 

Subfamily: Spumaretrovirinae

Genus: Equispumavirus

Distinguishing features

Viruses of the genus occur naturally in equine hosts. 

Virion

See discussion in subfamily description.