ICTV Report

Family: Ahpuchviridae (interim)

This is a summary page created by the ICTV Report Editors using information from associated Taxonomic Proposals and the Master Species List.

Edited by: Mart Krupovic
Posted: October 2023

Summary

The family Ahpuchviridae includes dsDNA viruses that infect anaerobic methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea (Table 1 Ahpuchviridae). The family Ahpuchviridae was established in 2023 (Master Species List #38).

Table 1 Ahpuchviridae. Characteristics of members of the family Ahpuchviridae.

CharacteristicDescription
ExampleMethanophagales virus PBV299 (OP413838), species Kisinvirus pescaderoense, genus Kisinvirus
VirionOnly known from metagenomic studies
GenomeLinear, dsDNA genome of 71 kbp
Host rangeAnaerobic methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea
TaxonomyRealm Duplodnaviria, kingdom Heunggongvirae, phylum Uroviricota, class Caudoviricetes, order Nakonvirales: 1 genus and 1 species
Ahpuchviridae genome
Figure 1 Ahpuchviridae. Genome organisation of Methanophagales virus PBV299, a member of the family Ahpuchviridae. Boxes indicate open reading frames as annotated on GenBank accession OP413838.
Ahpuchviridae taxonomy
Figure 2 Ahpuchviridae. Relationships of the taxa connected to the family Ahpuchviridae.

Derivation of names

Ahpuchviridae: after Ah Puch, the god of death in the Mayan mythology

Kisinvirus: after Kisin, another Mayan god of death