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Spinareovirinae

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Spinareovirinae
Cryo-EM protein capsid structure of grass carp reovirus (GCRV)
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Duplornaviricota
Class: Resentoviricetes
Order: Reovirales
Family: Sedoreoviridae
Subfamily: Spinareovirinae

Spinareovirinae is a subfamily of double-stranded RNA viruses in the family Reoviridae. Viruses in this group are distinguished by the presence of a turreted protein on the inner capsid.[1] (Spina = spiny or thorny in Latin.)

Taxonomy

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The subfamily has nine genera:

References

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  1. ^ Carstens, E. B. (January 2010). "Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2009)". Archives of Virology. 155 (1). Springer Wien: 133–146. doi:10.1007/s00705-009-0547-x. ISSN 1432-8798. PMC 7086975. PMID 19960211.