Mivirus Explained

Mivirus is a genus of negative-strand RNA viruses which infect arthropods. Member viruses have nonsegmented and bisegmented genomes.[1] There are nine species in the genus.[2]

Etymology

The name Mivirus derives from Chinese: 芈, the ancestral name of King Zhuang of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period, along with -virus, the suffix for a virus genus.[3]

Genome

Miviruses have nonsegmented and bisegmented genomes which are linear. Some member viruses may have circular genomes.[4]

Taxonomy

The following species are recognized:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Käfer. Simon. Paraskevopoulou. Sofia. Zirkel. Florian. Wieseke. Nicolas. Donath. Alexander. Petersen. Malte. Jones. Terry C.. Liu. Shanlin. Zhou. Xin. Middendorf. Martin. Junglen. Sandra. 2019-12-12. Re-assessing the diversity of negative strand RNA viruses in insects. PLOS Pathogens. en. 15. 12. e1008224. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008224. 31830128. 6932829. 1553-7374. free.
  2. Web site: Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) . March 2021 . 17 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Wolf . Yuri . Krupovic . Mart . Zhang . Yong Zhen . Zhang Yongzhen . Maes . Piet . Dolja . Valerian . Koonin . Eugene V. . Kuhn . Jens H. . Megataxonomy of negative-sense RNA viruses . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) . 12 January 2019 . en . docx.
  4. Li. Ci-Xiu. Shi. Mang. Tian. Jun-Hua. Lin. Xian-Dan. Kang. Yan-Jun. Chen. Liang-Jun. Qin. Xin-Cheng. Xu. Jianguo. Holmes. Edward C . Edward C. Holmes. Zhang. Yong-Zhen . Zhang Yongzhen . 2015-01-29. Goff. Stephen P. Unprecedented genomic diversity of RNA viruses in arthropods reveals the ancestry of negative-sense RNA viruses. eLife. 4. e05378. 10.7554/eLife.05378. 25633976. 4384744. 2050-084X. free.

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