Revtraviricetes Explained

Revtraviricetes is a class of viruses that contains all viruses that encode a reverse transcriptase. The group includes all ssRNA-RT viruses (including the retroviruses) and dsDNA-RT viruses. It is the sole class in the phylum Artverviricota, which is the sole phylum in the kingdom Pararnavirae.^[1] The name of the group is a portmanteau of "reverse transcriptase" and -viricetes which is the suffix for a virus class.^[2]

Orders

The following orders are recognized:

• Blubervirales (e.g. hepatitis B virus)
• Ortervirales (retroviruses, Caulimoviridae and various LTR retrotransposons)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virus Taxonomy: 2019 Release. talk.ictvonline.org. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. 25 April 2020. 20 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200320103754/https://talk.ictvonline.org/taxonomy. live.
2. Web site: Proposal: Create a megataxonomic framework, filling all principal taxonomic ranks, for realm Riboviria. Koonin EV, Dolja VV, Krupovic M, Varsani A, Wolf YI, Yutin N, Zerbini M, Kuhn JH. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). en. 2020-05-21.