Clavaviridae

Clavavirus
Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1 (APBV1)
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Family: Clavaviridae
Genus: Clavavirus
Species
  • Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1

Clavaviridae is a family of double-stranded viruses that infect archaea. This family was first described by the team led by D. Prangishvili in 2010.[1] There is one genus in this family (Clavavirus). Within this genus, a single species has been described to date: Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1 (APBV1).[2]

The name is derived from the Latin word clava, meaning cudgel, and referring to the thick, stick-like nature of the virus.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mochizuki2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Prangishvili, David; Mochizuki, Tomohiro; Liu, Ying; Krupovic, Mart; ICTV Report Consortium (2019). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Clavaviridae". Journal of General Virology. 100 (9): 1267–1268. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001295. PMID 31271351.
  3. ^ "clava", Wiktionary, the free dictionary, 2024-09-24, retrieved 2024-10-10