A number of viruses in the genus Protobacilladnavirus have been isolated and their physico-chemical and biological properties investigated (see family section). The genus is delineated on the basis of Rep protein phylogeny.
Viruses in the genus Kieseladnavirus have been identified by metagenomic analyses of samples from animal tissue or environmental sources (benthic sediment). There are no physico-chemical or biological data that distinguish them from other bacilladnavirids. The genus is delineated on the basis of Rep protein phylogeny.
Chaetoceros tenuissimus DNA virus SS12-43V was isolated from the diatom Chaetoceros tenuissimus but there is no published information regarding the physio-chemical or biological properties of this isolate. The genus is delineated on the basis of Rep protein phylogeny.
There is only a single species in the genus.
Viruses in the genus Aberdnavirus have been identified by metagenomic analysis of samples from environmental sources (benthic sediment). There are no physico-chemical or biological data that distinguish them from other bacilladnavirids. The genus is delineated on the basis of Rep protein phylogeny.
There is only a single species in the genus.
Arvind Varsani, Yuji Tomaru, Kenta Okamoto, Anna Munke and Mart Krupovic
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary to be published as Varsani et al., (2026):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Bacilladnaviridae 2026, Journal of General Virology, (in press)
Virus names, the choice of exemplar isolates, and virus abbreviations, are not official ICTV designations
Exemplar isolate of the species
Botella, L., M. H. Jung, M. Rost and T. Jung (2022). Natural populations from the Phytophthora palustris complex show a high diversity and abundance of ssRNA and dsRNA viruses. J Fungi (Basel) 8: e1118. [PubMed]
