Varicosavirus

Varicosavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Rhabdoviridae
Subfamily: Betarhabdovirinae
Genus: Varicosavirus

Varicosavirus is a genus of plant viruses. The virus is associated with swelling in plant vein tissues. They are negative single stranded RNA viruses.[1] The genus contains three species.

  1. ^ Kormelink R, Garcia ML, Goodin M, Sasaya T, Haenni AL (2011). "Negative-strand RNA viruses: the plant-infecting counterparts". Virus Res. 162 (1–2): 184–202. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2011.09.028. PMID 21963660.