References: Polymycoviridae

Edgar, R. C. (2004). MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput. Nucleic Acids Res 32: 1792-7. [PubMed]

Authors: Polymycoviridae

Ioly Kotta-Loizou*

Department of Life Sciences
Imperial College London
London, SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
E-mail: i.kotta-loizou13@imperial.ac.uk

Robert H. A. Coutts

Family: Polymycoviridae

Genus: Polymycovirus

Distinguishing features

Since only one genus is currently recognized, the genus description corresponds to the family description. 

Species demarcation criteria

Species demarcation criteria:

Family: Polymycoviridae

Ioly Kotta-Loizou and Robert H. A. Coutts

The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Kotta-Loizou et al.,(2022): 
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Polymycoviridae 2022, Journal of General Virology, 103:001747

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