Lefavirales Explained

Lefavirales is an order of viruses of the class Naldaviricetes.^[1] Viruses of this order have Hexapoda and Crustacea as their hosts, including Adoxophyes and Carcinus^[2]

Classification

Lefavirales is part of the incertae sedis class Naldaviricetes. It contains the following three families with ten genera assigned to them collectively:^[1]

• Baculoviridae
  • Alphabaculovirus
  • Betabaculovirus
  • Deltabaculovirus
  • Gammabaculovirus
• Hytrosaviridae
  • Glossinavirus
  • Muscavirus
• Nudiviridae
  • Alphanudivirus
  • Betanudivirus
  • Deltanudivirus
  • Gammanudivirus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) . March 2021 . 10 May 2021.
2. Web site: Hosts of Virus lineage Lefavirales Virus-Host DB . GenoJP, Virus-Host DB . 5 November 2023.