''Leviviricetes'' is a
class of
virus
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.
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es, which infect
prokaryote
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s. Most of these
bacteriophages were discovered by
metagenomics
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.
Taxonomy
''Leviviricetes'' contains two orders and nine genera unassigned to an order. This is shown hereafter:
Orders:
* ''
Norzivirales''
* ''
Timlovirales''
Unassigned genera:
* ''
Chimpavirus''
* ''
Hohglivirus''
* ''
Mahrahvirus''
* ''
Meihzavirus''
* ''
Nicedsevirus''
* ''
Sculuvirus''
* ''
Skrubnovirus''
* ''
Tetipavirus''
* ''
Winunavirus''
References
Virus classes
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