Genus: Parhipatevirus
Family: Inoviridae
Genus: Parhipatevirus
Phages in this genus possess genomes of about 6.4 kb (40.7−40.9% G+C) and encode 11 proteins. Virions are slender and flexible filaments about 800 nm long and 7 nm wide. They infect enterobacteria with IncF plasmids.
See discussion under family description.
Petar Knezevic and Evelien M. Adriaenssens
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Knezevic et al., (2021):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Inoviridae, Journal of General Virology 2021 102(7):001614.