''Alsuviricetes'' is a class of
positive-strand RNA viruses
Positive-strand RNA viruses (+ssRNA viruses) are a group of related viruses that have positive-sense, single-stranded genomes made of ribonucleic acid. The positive-sense genome can act as messenger RNA (mRNA) and can be directly translated in ...
which infect
eukaryote
Eukaryotes () are organisms whose cells have a nucleus. All animals, plants, fungi, and many unicellular organisms, are Eukaryotes. They belong to the group of organisms Eukaryota or Eukarya, which is one of the three domains of life. Bacte ...
s. The name of the group is a
syllabic abbreviation
An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...
of "''al''pha ''su''pergroup" with the suffix ''-viricetes'' indicating a
virus class.
Taxonomy
The following orders are recognized:
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Hepelivirales
''Hepelivirales'' is an order of viruses.
Taxonomy
The following families are recognized:
*''Alphatetraviridae''
*''Benyviridae''
*''Hepeviridae
''Hepeviridae'' is a family of viruses. Human, pig, wild boar, sheep, cow, camel, monkey, some ...
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Martellivirales
''Martellivirales'' is an order of viruses.
Taxonomy
The following families are recognized:
*''Bromoviridae''
*''Closteroviridae''
*''Endornaviridae''
*'' Kitaviridae''
*'' Mayoviridae''
*''Togaviridae''
*''Virgaviridae
''Virgaviridae'' is a ...
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Tymovirales
''Tymovirales'' is an order of viruses with five families. The group consists of viruses which have positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genomes. Their genetic material is protected by a special coat protein.
Description
Tymoviruses are mainly ...
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References
Tymovirales
Viruses
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