Further reading: Iridoviridae
Further reading: Iridoviridae
Chinchar, V. G. (2002). Ranaviruses (family Iridoviridae): emerging cold-blooded killers. Arch Virol 147, 447-470. [PubMed]
References: Iridoviridae
References: Iridoviridae
(2015). Ranaviruses: Lethal pathogens of ectothermic vertebrates. Edited by Gray M.J. & V. G. Chinchar: Springer OPEN.
Citation: Iridoviridae
Citation: Iridoviridae
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:
Family: Iridoviridae
Family: Iridoviridae
V. Gregory Chinchar, Paul Hick, Jie Huang, Ikbal Agah Ince, James K Jancovich, Rachel Marschang, Qiwei Qin, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Thomas B Waltzek, Richard Whittington, Trevor Williams and Qi-Ya Zhang
Genus: Merivirus
Family: Corticoviridae
Genus: Merivirus
Distinguishing features
Since only one genus is currently recognized, the genus description corresponds to the family description.
Species demarcation criteria
Members of the same species are more than 95% identical in nucleotide sequence.
Resources: Corticoviridae
Resources: Corticoviridae
Sequence alignments and tree files:
None currently associated with this report.
References: Corticoviridae
References: Corticoviridae
Abrescia, N. G., J. M. Grimes, H. M. Kivelä, R. Assenberg, G. C. Sutton, S. J. Butcher, J. K. Bamford, D. H. Bamford and D. I. Stuart (2008). Insights into virus evolution and membrane biogenesis from the structure of the marine lipid-containing bacteriophage PM2. Mol Cell 31: 749-61. [PubMed]
Citation: Corticoviridae
Citation: Corticoviridae
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:
Oksanen, H.M., and ICTV Report Consortium. 2017, ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Corticoviridae, Journal of General Virology, 98, 888–889.
Authors: Corticoviridae
Authors: Corticoviridae
Hanna M. Oksanen*
Corticoviridae Study Group Chair
Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Helsinki
Viikinkaari 9, FI-00014
Helsinki
Finland
E-mail: [email protected]
* To whom correspondence should be addressed