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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Monjiviricetes |
| Order: | Mononegavirales |
| Family: | Rhabdoviridae |
| Subfamily: | Betarhabdovirinae |
| Genus: | Varicosavirus |
Varicosavirus is a genus of plant viruses. The virus is associated with swelling in plant vein tissues. They are negative single stranded RNA viruses. The genus contains three species.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following species:
Structure
Virions consist of a non-enveloped rod-shaped capsid, having a helical symmetry of 120–360 nm in length, and a width of 18–30 nm.
Genome
The genome consists of a bi-segmented linear, single-stranded negative sense RNA. The first segment is about 6350–7000 nucleotides in length; the second, about 5630–6500 nucleotides in length.
References
- Kormelink R, Garcia ML, Goodin M, Sasaya T, Haenni AL (2011). "Negative-strand RNA viruses: the plant-infecting counterparts". Virus Res. 162 (1–2): 184–202. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2011.09.028. PMID 21963660.
- "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- Sasaya T, Ishikawa K, Koganezawa H (2002). "The nucleotide sequence of RNA1 of Lettuce big-vein virus, genus Varicosavirus, reveals its relation to nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses". Virology. 297 (2): 289–97. doi:10.1006/viro.2002.1420. PMID 12083827.
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