David Prangishvili*
Institut Pasteur, Archaeal Virology Unit
Department of Microbiology
75015 Paris
France
&
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Tbilisi 0179, Georgia
E-mail: david.prangishvili@pasteur.fr
Since only one genus is currently recognized, the genus description corresponds to the family description.
Not currently defined as there is only one species in the genus.
David Prangishvili, Tomohiro Mochizuki and Mart Krupovic
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Prangishvili et al., (2019):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Spiraviridae, Journal of General Virology, 101, 240–241
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:
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Cotmore, S. F., Agbandje-McKenna, M., Chiorini, J. A., Mukha, D. V., Pintel, D. J., Qiu, J., Söderlund-Venermo, M., Tattersall, P., Tijssen, P., Gatherer, D. & Davison, A. J. (2014). The family Parvoviridae. Arch Virol 159, 1239-1247. [PubMed]
These viruses are monophyletic and have similar genome sizes, genetic strategies, coding patterns, homotelomeric termini, and typical VP1-encoded PLA2 domains. Five species are recognized, which all contain viruses that infect insects from the order Lepidoptera.
See discussion under family description.
