Ascoviridae
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Ascoviridae is a family of double strand DNA viruses that infect primarily invertebrates, mainly noctuids and spodoptera species. The family contains two genera: Ascovirus and Toursvirus.
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It is catalogued under topics including Ascoviridae, Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses and Virus families.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumNucleocytoviricota
- ClassMegaviricetes
- OrderPimascovirales
- FamilyAscoviridae
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Research
94 papers- ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Ascoviridae.The Journal of general virology · 2017
- Comprehensive identification of protein orthologs in the family Ascoviridae facilitates an understanding of phylogenomics, protein conservation, and phosphorylation.Archives of virology · 2022
- Genomic analysis of Androctonus mauritanicus toursvirus: first evidence of Ascoviridae in arachnids.Virus genes · 2025
- Sequence and organization of the Trichoplusia ni ascovirus 2c (Ascoviridae) genome.Virology · 2006
- Particle and genomic characteristics of a new member of the Ascoviridae: Diadromus pulchellus ascovirus.The Journal of general virology · 1997
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Ascoviridae is a family of double strand DNA viruses that infect primarily invertebrates, mainly noctuids and spodoptera species. The family contains two genera: Ascovirus and Toursvirus.
==Taxonomy== The family contains the following genera and species: Ascovirus Ascovirus hvav3a Ascovirus sfav1a Ascovirus tnav2a Toursvirus Toursvirus dptv1a
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