Resources: Krittikaviridae

Sequence alignments and tree files:

None currently associated with this report. 

References: Krittikaviridae

Baquero, D., Liu, Y., Wang, F., Egelman, E., Prangishvili, D. & Krupovic, M. (2020). Structure and assembly of archaeal viruses. Adv Virus Res 108, 127-164. [PubMed] 

Citation: Krittikaviridae

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:

Prabhu, A. & Rinke, C. (2026): ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Krittikaviridae 2026, Journal of General Virology (in press)

Authors: Krittikaviridae

Apoorva Prabhu*
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
The University of Queensland
Brisbane
Australia
E-mail: [email protected]

Christian Rinke
Department of Microbiology
University of Innsbruck
Innsbruck
Austria
E-mail: [email protected]

* to whom correspondence should be addressed

Family: Krittikaviridae

Genus: Velanvirus

Distinguishing features

There is only one genus in the family.

Krittikaviridae Table of Contents

Species List: Apasviridae

Virus names, the choice of exemplar isolates, and virus abbreviations, are not official ICTV designations
 Exemplar isolate of the species

Resources: Apasviridae

Sequence alignments and tree files:

None currently associated with this report. 

References: Apasviridae

Baquero, D., Liu, Y., Wang, F., Egelman, E., Prangishvili, D. & Krupovic, M. (2020). Structure and assembly of archaeal viruses. Adv Virus Res 108, 127-164. [PubMed]

Citation: Apasviridae

A summary of this ICTV Report chapter will be 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:

Apoorva Prabhu and Christian Rinke (2026), ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Apasviridae, Journal of General Virology, (in press)