The subfamily Letovirinae was established for Microhyla letovirus 1 (Figure 1.Letovirinae) based on DEmARC analysis of the nidovirus-wide conserved 3CLpro, NiRAN, RdRP, ZBH and HEL1 domains.
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The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as:
None currently associated with this report.
Atanasova, N. S., T. A. Demina, A. Buivydas, D. H. Bamford and H. M. Oksanen (2015). Archaeal viruses multiply: temporal screening in a solar saltern. Viruses 7: 1902-26. [PubMed]
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:
Tatiana A. Demina, Mike Dyall-Smith, Matti Jalasvuori, Shishen Du and Hanna M. Oksanen (2023): ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Sphaerolipoviridae 2023, Journal of General Virology 2023;104:001830
Tatiana A. Demina
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
And
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
University of Helsinki
Viikinkaari 9, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
E-mail: tatiana.demina@helsinki.fi
As only one genus is currently recognised, the genus description corresponds to the family description.
Viruses with genomes that differ in their nucleotide identity by more than 5% over the whole genome are assigned to different species.
Viruses assigned to the genus Amplylivirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Viruses assigned to the genus have been detected in amphibians. Amplyliviruses most closely related to replyliviruses, which have been detected in reptiles, and lyssaviruses, which infect mammals.
