Virgaviridae
Sign in to saveVirgaviridae is a family of positive-strand RNA viruses. Plants serve as natural hosts. The name of the family is derived from the Latin word virga (rod), as all viruses in this family are rod-shaped. There are currently 59 species in this family, divided among seven genera.
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It sits within the topics Riboviria, Viral plant pathogens and diseases and Virgaviridae.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumKitrinoviricota
- ClassAlsuviricetes
- OrderMartellivirales
- FamilyVirgaviridae
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Virgaviridae is a family of positive-strand RNA viruses. Plants serve as natural hosts. The name of the family is derived from the Latin word virga (rod), as all viruses in this family are rod-shaped. There are currently 59 species in this family, divided among seven genera.
==Structure== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Genus !! Structure || Symmetry !! Capsid !! Genomic arrangement !! Genomic segmentation |- |Tobamovirus||Rod-shaped||Helical||Non-enveloped||Linear||Non-Segmented |- |Furovirus||Rod-shaped||Helical||Non-enveloped||Linear||Segmented |- |Pecluvirus||Rod-shaped||Helical||Non-enveloped||Linear||Segmented |- |Hordeivirus||Rod-shaped||Helical||Non-enveloped||Linear||Segmented |- |Tobravirus||Rod-shaped||Helical||Non-enveloped||Linear||Segmented |- |Pomovirus||Rod-shaped||Helical||Non-enveloped||Linear||Segmented |}
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