Family: Satyavativiridae

Genus: Vyasavirus

Distinguishing features

There is only one genus in the family.

Demarcation criteria for taxa within the genus

There is only one species in the genus. Members of additional species will have <95% genome sequence identity with other members of the genus, consistent with the demarcation criterion of other archaeal viruses within the class Caudoviricetes (Liu et al., 2021).