Table 1: Familial and important generic taxa of plant and animal RNA viruses and important properties

Genome

Taxon

Host(s)3

Genome segments

Morphology, Envelope Y/N

ssRNA(-)

Arenaviridae*

V

2

Spherical, Y

Bornaviridae1

V

1

Spherical, Y

Bunyaviridae*

V, P Arth

3

Spherical, Y

Delta virus

V

1

Spherical, N

Filoviridae1

V

1

Elongated Bacilliform, Y

Ophiovirus2

P

3

Filamentous, N

Orthomyxoviridae

V

8

Spherical, Y

Paramyxoviridae1

V

1

Spherical, Y

Rhabdoviridae1

V, P, I

1

Bacilliform, Y

Tenuivirus2

P

4

Filamentous, N

ssRNA(+)

Arteriviridae4

V

1

Spherical, Y

Astroviridae

V

1

Isometric, N

Bromoviridae

P

3

Isometric, Bacilliform, N

Caliciviridae

V

1

Isometric, N

Closteroviridae

P

1

Filamentous, N

Comoviridae

P

2

Isometric, N

Coronaviridae4

V

1

Spherical, Y

Flaviridae

V, I

1

Spherical, Y

Furoviridae

P

2

Rodlike, N

Luteoviridae

P

1

Isometric, N

Necrovirus

P

1

Isometric, N

Nodaviridae

I

2

Isometric, N

Picornaviridae

V

1

Isometric, N

Potexvirus

P

1

Filamentous, N

Potyviridae

P

1-2

Filamentous, N

Sequiviridae

P

1

Isometric, N

Sobemovirus

P

1

Isometric, N

Tetraviridae

I

1

Isometric, N

Tobamovirus

P

1

Rodlike, N

Tobravirus

P

1

Rodlike, N

Togaviridae

V, I

1

Spherical, Y

Tombusviridae

P

1

Isometric, N

Tymovirus

P

1

Isometric, N

dsRNA

Birnaviridae

V, Arth

2

Isometric, N

Partitiviridae

P, Fungi

2-4

Isometric, N

Reoviridae

V, I, P

10-12

Isometric, N

Totiviridae

Protozoa

1

Isometric, N

Hypoviridae

P, Fungi

1

None

 

Legend:

* = ambisense: genomes: mostly (-), but partly (+)-sense; 1 = Order Mononegavirales; 2 = resemble bunyavirus nucleoproteins; 3 = V(ertebrate), I(nsect), P(lant), Arth(ropod); 4 = order Nidovirales. After Murphy (Murphy, 1996) and Pringle (Pringle, 1999).