Nanidovirineae Explained

Nanidovirineae is a suborder of viruses in the order Nidovirales, comprising two families.

Hosts

Ghost sharks and the halfbeak Hyporhamphus sajori serve as natural hosts for species in the suborder. Nanidovirineae where found infecting these fishes only in China. Nanidovirineae is distinguished from its sibling suborders mainly by this reliance on fish hosts, although Tobaniviridae also have some fish as natural hosts.^[1]

Taxonomy

Families

• Nanghoshaviridae
• Nanhypoviridae

Sibling suborders

• Arnidovirineae
• Coronaviridae
• Mesnidovirineae  
• Monidovirineae
• Ronidovirineae
• Tornidovirineae

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References

1. Zhou . Zhijian . Qiu . Ye . Ge . Xingyi . 2021-04-23 . The taxonomy, host range and pathogenicity of coronaviruses and other viruses in the Nidovirales order . Animal Diseases . 1 . 1 . 5 . 10.1186/s44149-021-00005-9 . 34778878 . 8062217 . 2731-0442. free .
2. Web site: Mesoniviridae ~ ViralZone . 2022-07-26 . viralzone.expasy.org.