Betaarterivirus | |
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Betaarterivirus virion | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
Order: | Nidovirales |
Family: | Arteriviridae |
Subfamily: | Variarterivirinae |
Genus: | Betaarterivirus |
Betaarterivirus is a genus of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses which infect vertebrates. The genus is in the family Arteriviridae and order Nidovirales. The genus contains four subgenera and six species.[1]
Member viruses are enveloped, spherical, and 45–60 nm in diameter.[2]
Betaarteriviruses have a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome.[2]
The genus Betaarterivirus contains four subgenera and six species:[3]