ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Circoviridae

Mya Breitbart, Eric Delwart, Karyna Rosario, Joaquim Segales, Arvind Varsani

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Abstract

<p> The family <em> Circoviridae </em> comprises viruses with small, circular, single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) genomes, including the smallest known animal viruses. Members of this family are classified into two genera, <em> Circovirus </em> and <em> Cyclovirus </em> , which are distinguished by the position of the origin of replication relative to the coding regions and the length of the intergenic regions. Within each genus, the species demarcation threshold is 80&hairsp;% genome-wide nucleotide sequence identity. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the <em> Circoviridae </em> , which is available at <a href="http://www.ictv.global/report/circoviridae" target="_blank"> www.ictv.global/report/circoviridae </a> .</p>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournal of General Virology
Volume98
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2017

Keywords

  • Circoviridae
  • Circovirus
  • Cyclovirus
  • ICTV report
  • taxonomy

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences

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