Megalocytivirus

Megalocytivirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Megaviricetes
Order: Pimascovirales
Family: Iridoviridae
Subfamily: Alphairidovirinae
Genus: Megalocytivirus
Species

European chub iridovirus
Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus
Red sea bream iridovirus
Scale drop disease virus
Turbot reddish body iridovirus

Megalocytivirus is a genus of viruses in the family Iridoviridae[1] and one of three genera within this family which infect teleost fishes, along with Lymphocystivirus and Ranavirus.[2] Megalocytiviruses are an emerging group of closely related dsDNA viruses which cause systemic infections in a wide variety of wild and cultured fresh and saltwater fishes. Megalocytivirus outbreaks are of considerable economic importance in aquaculture, as epizootics can result in moderate fish loss or mass mortality events of cultured fishes.[3]

  1. ^ "Iridoviridae". ICTV Online (10th) Report.
  2. ^ Whittington, RJ; Becker, JA; Dennis, MM (2010). "Iridovirus infections in finfish - critical review with emphasis on ranaviruses". Journal of Fish Diseases. 33 (2): 95–122. Bibcode:2010JFDis..33...95W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01110.x. PMID 20050967.
  3. ^ Yanong RPE, Waltzek TB (2010). "Megalocytivirus infections in fish, with emphasis on ornamental species." University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension FA182 1-7. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa182 http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FA/FA18200.pdf