Semotivirus Explained

Semotivirus is the only genus of viruses in the family Belpaoviridae (formerly included in the family Metaviridae).^[1] Species exist as retrotransposons in a eukaryotic host's genome. BEL/pao transposons are only found in animals.

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[2]

• Anopheles gambiae Moose virus
• Antheraea semotivirus Tamy
• Ascaris lumbricoides Tas virus
• Bombyx mori Pao virus
• Caenorhabditis elegans Cer13 virus
• Drosophila melanogaster Bel virus
• Drosophila melanogaster Roo virus
• Drosophila semotivirus Max
• Drosophila simulans Ninja virus
• Schistosoma semotivirus Sinbad
• Takifugu rubripes Suzu virus

References

• Frame IG, Cutfield JF, Poulter RTM (2001) New BEL-like LTR-retrotransposons in Fugu rubripes, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 263(1–2):219–230

External links

• Web site: Metaviridae . NCBI Taxonomy Browser . 186665.
• ICTVdB Index of Viruses
• Descriptions of Plant Viruses

Notes and References

1. Krupovic. M. Blomberg. J. Coffin. JM. Dasgupta. I. Fan. H. Geering. AD. Gifford. R. Harrach. B. Hull. R. Johnson. W. Kreuze. JF. Lindemann. D. Llorens. C. Lockhart. B. Mayer. J. Muller. E. Olszewski. N. Pappu. HR. Pooggin. M. Richert-Pöggeler. KR. Sabanadzovic. S. Sanfaçon. H. Schoelz. JE. Seal. S. Stavolone. L. Stoye. JP. Teycheney. PY. Tristem. M. Koonin. EV. Kuhn. JH. Ortervirales: A new viral order unifying five families of reverse-transcribing viruses.. Journal of Virology. 92. 12. 4 April 2018. 10.1128/JVI.00515-18. 29618642. 5974489.
2. Web site: Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) . 7 July 2021.