Manticavirus Explained

Manticavirus is a genus of viruses in the subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, in the family Herpesviridae, in the order Herpesvirales. This genus was the only genus to consist entirely of marsupial-hosted species as of the time of naming, hence the name component Mantica (Latin: knapsack), in reference to the marsupial pouch.[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taxonomy. 2021-12-08. talk.ictvonline.org. en.
  2. Vaz. Paola K.. Hartley. Carol A.. Lee. Sang-Yong. Sansom. Fiona M.. Adams. Timothy E.. Stalder. Kathryn. Pearce. Lesley. Lovrecz. George. Browning. Glenn F.. Müller. Christa E.. Devlin. Joanne M.. Koala and Wombat Gammaherpesviruses Encode the First Known Viral NTPDase Homologs and Are Phylogenetically Divergent from All Known Gammaherpesviruses. Journal of Virology. 2019 . 93. 6. e01404–18. 10.1128/JVI.01404-18. 6401436. 30567986.

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