Mimoreovirus

Mimoreovirus
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Duplornaviricota
Class: Resentoviricetes
Order: Reovirales
Family: Sedoreoviridae
Subfamily: Sedoreovirinae
Genus: Mimoreovirus

Mimoreovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Reoviridae, in the subfamily Sedoreovirinae. The only isolate infects the marine photosynthetic protist Micromonas pusilla, a prasinophyte.[1] There is only one species in this genus: Micromonas pusilla reovirus.[2][3]

  1. ^ Attoui, H; Jaafar, F.M.; Belhouchet, M.; de Micco, P.; Lamballerie, X.; Brussaard, C.P.D. (2006). "Micromonas pusilla reovirus: a new member of the family Reoviridae assigned to a novel proposed genus (Mimoreovirus)". Journal of General Virology. 87: 1375–1383. doi:10.1099/vir.0.81584-0. PMID 16603541.
  2. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.