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).