Family: Virgaviridae

Genus: Tobamovirus

Family: Virgaviridae

Genus: Pomovirus

Distinguishing features

Pomoviruses have three genomic RNAs, a “triple gene block” set of cell-to-cell movement proteins and are transmitted by root-infecting vectors in the family Plasmodiophorales, once described as fungi but now classified as Cercozoa. 

Family: Virgaviridae

Genus: Pecluvirus

Distinguishing features

Pecluviruses have a bipartite genome, a “triple gene block” set of cell-to-cell movement proteins and are transmitted by root-infecting vectors in the family Plasmodiphorales, once described as fungi but now classified as Cercozoa. 

Family: Virgaviridae

Genus: Hordeivirus

Distinguishing features

Hordeiviruses have three genomic RNAs and encode a “triple gene block” set of cell-to-cell movement proteins. They differ from viruses of all other genera because the RdRP is encoded on a separate RNA (rather than by readthrough of a stop codon from an upstream replication protein encoding ORF). 

Family: Virgaviridae

Genus: Goravirus

Family: Virgaviridae

Genus: Furovirus

Distinguishing features

Furoviruses have a bipartite genome, a “30K”-like cell-to-cell movement protein and are transmitted by root-infecting vectors in the family Plasmodiphorales, once described as fungi but now classified as Cercozoa. 

Citation: Virgaviridae

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:

Resources: Virgaviridae

Sequence alignments and tree files:

Figure 1. Virgaviridae:

Alignment file (FASTA format)

Tree file (newick format)

Further reading: Virgaviridae

Adams, M. J., Antoniw, J. F. & Kreuze, J. (2009).  Virgaviridae: a new family of rod-shaped plant viruses. Arch Virol 154, 1967-1972. [PubMed]

References: Virgaviridae

An, H., Melcher, U., Doss, P., Payton, M., Guenzi, A. C. & Verchot-Lubicz, J. (2003).  Evidence that the 37 kDa protein of Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus is a virus movement protein. J Gen Virol 84, 3153-3163. [PubMed]