Genus: Iltovirus
Subfamily: Alphaherpesvirinae
Genus: Iltovirus
Distinguishing features
The predicted amino acid sequences of members form a distinct lineage within the subfamily (Figure 1. . Alphaherpesvirinae).
The predicted amino acid sequences of members form a distinct lineage within the subfamily (Figure 1. . Alphaherpesvirinae).
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Bath, C., T. Cukalac, K. Porter and M. L. Dyall-Smith (2006). His1 and His2 are distantly related, spindle-shaped haloviruses belonging to the novel virus group, Salterprovirus. Virology 350: 228-39. [PubMed]
None currently associated with this Report
Jong-Geol Kim
Department of Biological Sciences
Wonkwang University
Iksan, 54538
Republic of Korea
E-mail: jgkim84@wku.ac.kr
Since only one genus is currently recognised, the genus description corresponds to the family description.
Not defined as there is only one species. Three different isolates of viruses included in this species are >95% identical in nucleotide sequence identity across the complete genome.
Jong-Geol Kim, Khaled S. Gazi, Mart Krupovic and Sung-Keun Rhee
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Kim et al., (2021):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Thaspiviridae 2021 J Gen Virol. 2021 102(7):001631.
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Baquero, D., Y. Liu, F. Wang, E. Egelman, D. Prangishvili and M. Krupovic (2020). Structure and assembly of archaeal viruses. Adv Virus Res 108: 127-164.