Ranavirus

Ranavirus
Transmission electron micrograph of ranaviruses (dark hexagons) gathering at the cell border and leaving the cell via a process called "budding".
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Megaviricetes
Order: Pimascovirales
Family: Iridoviridae
Subfamily: Alphairidovirinae
Genus: Ranavirus
Transmission electron micrograph of a cell infected with ranaviruses, which gather in the cytoplasm and in the assembly bodies next to the contorted nucleus.

Ranavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Iridoviridae.[1] There are six other genera of viruses within the family Iridoviridae, but Ranavirus is the only one that includes viruses that are infectious to amphibians and reptiles. Additionally, it is one of the three genera within this family which infect teleost fishes, along with Lymphocystivirus and Megalocytivirus.[2]

  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.