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:
Figure 3.Orbivirus
Figure 2.Phytoreovirus
Jelle Matthijnssens*
Reoviridae Study Group Chair
KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation
Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
Belgium
Email: [email protected]
Members of the subfamily are distinct by phylogenetic analysis of the methyltransferase, helicase and RNA polymerase domains; they have only been detected in fish.
There is only one genus in the subfamily.
Members of the genus Chirohepevirus are phylogenetically distinct from other viruses in the subfamily, and have a different host range, being found only in bats.
Members of the genus Avihepevirus are phylogenetically distinct from other viruses in the subfamily, and have a different host range, being found only in birds.
