Plectrovirus

Plectrovirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Monodnaviria
Kingdom: Loebvirae
Phylum: Hofneiviricota
Class: Faserviricetes
Order: Tubulavirales
Family: Plectroviridae
Genus: Plectrovirus

Plectrovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Plectroviridae.[1] Bacteria in the phylum Mycoplasmatota serve as natural hosts, making these viruses bacteriophages. Acholeplasma virus L51 is the only species in the genus.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Knezevic, P; Adriaenssens, EM; ICTV Report Consortium (May 2021). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Plectroviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 102 (5). doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001597. PMC 8295915. PMID 33961544.
  2. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.