Subfamily: Nefertitivirinae
Family: Chaseviridae
Subfamily: Nefertitivirinae
Genus: Suwonvirus
Subfamily: Cleopatravirinae
Genus: Suwonvirus
Distinguishing features
Members of this genus infect Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum. The first isolate to be described was Pectobacterium phage PM1. No terminal repeats have been reported for suwonvirus genomes. On average the genome of viruses belonging to this genus are 54.22 kbp (44.9 % G+C) and encode 71 proteins and 0–1 tRNAs.
Genus: Sabourvirus
Subfamily: Cleopatravirinae
Genus: Sabourvirus
Distinguishing features
The single member of this genus (Escherichia phage vB_EcoM-4HA13) infects Escherichia coli. The unique sequence of the genome of this phage is 52.40 kbp (42.8 % G+C), containing terminal repeats of about 3 kbp, with 81 protein coding gene.
Genus: Myducvirus
Subfamily: Cleopatravirinae
Genus: Myducvirus
Distinguishing features
The only member of this genus infects Proteus mirabilis (Tran et al., 2019). The genome of Proteus phage Myduc is 53.39 kbp (39.3 %G+C) and encodes 79 proteins.
Genus: Loessnervirus
Subfamily: Cleopatravirinae
Genus: Loessnervirus
Genus: Faunusvirus
Subfamily: Cleopatravirinae
Genus: Faunusvirus
Distinguishing features
Members of the only species in this genus infect Erwinia amylovora. No terminal repeats have been reported for Erwinia phage Faunus. This genome is 54.07 kbp (43.6 %G+C) and encodes 78 proteins and no tRNAs.
Genus: Carltongylesvirus
Subfamily: Cleopatravirinae
Genus: Carltongylesvirus
Subfamily: Cleopatravirinae
Family: Chaseviridae
Subfamily: Cleopatravirinae
Distinguishing features
Members of this subfamily infect Aeromonas and Shewanella sp. Virus genomes are, on average, 52 kbp (51.9 %G+C) and encode 68 proteins.
References: Chaseviridae
References: Chaseviridae
Atkison, C. L., J. Boeckman, H. Newkirk, M. Liu, J. J. Gill, J. Cahill and J. Ramsey (2019). Complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli myophage Mangalitsa. Microbiol Resour Announc 8: e01045-01019. [PubMed]
Citation: Chaseviridae
Citation: Chaseviridae
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: