Members lack the 2b ORF that is present in members of the genus Sopolycivirus but – in contrast to members of the genus Chipolycivirus – have the amino acid triplet GDD in motif VI of the RdRP.
See discussion under family description.
Among currently classified members of the family, chipolyciviruses are distinguised by the presence of the amino acid triplet ADD instead of GDD in motif VI of the RdRP (Olendraite et al., 2017).
Ingrida Olendraite, Katherine Brown, Steven M. Valles, Andrew E. Firth, Yanping Chen, Diego M. A. Guérin, Yoshifumi Hashimoto, Salvador Herrero, Joachim R. de Miranda and Eugene Ryabov
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:
Ball, L. A. & Johnson, K. L. (1998). Nodaviruses of Insects. In The Insect Viruses, pp. 225-267. Edited by L. K. Miller & L. A. Ball. New York: Plenum.
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A. S. Sahul Hameed*
Nodaviridae and Sarthroviridae Study Group Chair
Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory
C.Abdul Hakeem College
Melvisharam 632509
Vellore Dt.
Tamil Nadu
India
E-mail: [email protected]
Alphanodaviruses have been isolated from insects, although they are capable of infecting cells from a wide range of hosts in the laboratory. They can also infect pigs, mice and hamsters experimentally.
A. S. Sahul Hameed, Arun S. Ninawe, Toshihiro Nakai, Shau-Chi Chi and Kyle L. Johnson
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Sahul Hameed et al., (2019):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nodaviridae, Journal of General Virology, 100, 3–4.
