Since only one genus is currently recognized, the genus description corresponds to the family description.
Members of the same species are more than 95% identical in nucleotide sequence.
None currently associated with this report.
Abrescia, N. G., J. M. Grimes, H. M. Kivelä, R. Assenberg, G. C. Sutton, S. J. Butcher, J. K. Bamford, D. H. Bamford and D. I. Stuart (2008). Insights into virus evolution and membrane biogenesis from the structure of the marine lipid-containing bacteriophage PM2. Mol Cell 31: 749-61. [PubMed]
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:
Oksanen, H.M., and ICTV Report Consortium. 2017, ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Corticoviridae, Journal of General Virology, 98, 888–889.
Hanna M. Oksanen*
Corticoviridae Study Group Chair
Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Helsinki
Viikinkaari 9, FI-00014
Helsinki
Finland
E-mail: hanna.oksanen@helsinki.fi
* To whom correspondence should be addressed
Hanna M Oksanen
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Oksanen et al., (2017):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Corticoviridae, Journal of General Virology, 98, 888–889.
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:
Asgari, S., Davis, J., Wood, D., Wilson, P. & McGrath, A. (2007). Sequence and organization of the Heliothis virescens ascovirus genome. J Gen Virol 88, 1120-1132. [PubMed]
Sassan Asgari*
Ascoviridae Study Group Chair
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
Australia
E-mail: s.asgari@uq.edu.au
Dennis K. Bideshi
California Baptist University
Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
8432 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504
USA
E-mail: dbideshi@calbaptist.edu
