ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Phasmaviridae 2024

J Gen Virol. 2024 Jul;105(7):002002. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002002.

Abstract

Phasmaviridae is a family for negative-sense RNA viruses with genomes of about 9.7-15.8 kb. These viruses are maintained in and/or transmitted by insects. Phasmavirids produce enveloped virions containing three single-stranded RNA segments that encode a nucleoprotein (N), a glycoprotein precursor (GPC), and a large (L) protein containing an RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRP) domain. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Phasmaviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/phasmaviridae.

Keywords: ICTV Report; Phasmaviridae; orthophasmavirus; phasmavirus; taxonomy.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Insecta / virology
  • Negative-Sense RNA Viruses / classification
  • Negative-Sense RNA Viruses / genetics
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral* / genetics
  • Viral Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism
  • Virion / genetics
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins