''Tobaniviridae'' is a family of enveloped,

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 ...

in the order '' Nidovirales'' which infect

vertebrates Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () ( chordates with backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, ...

. Host organisms include

mammals Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

, and

snakes Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joi ...

. The genome size of tobaniviruses ranges from 20 to 32 kilobases. The family is the only member of the suborder ''Tornidovirineae''.

Taxonomy

The family ''Tobaniviridae'' has four subfamilies and eight genera: *'' Piscanivirinae'' **'' Bafinivirus'' **'' Oncotshavirus'' *'' Remotovirinae'' **'' Bostovirus'' *'' Serpentovirinae'' **'' Infratovirus'' **'' Pregotovirus'' **'' Sectovirus'' **'' Tiruvirus'' *'' Torovirinae'' **''

Torovirus ''Torovirus'' is a genus of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses in the order '' Nidovirales'' and family '' Tobaniviridae''. They primarily infect vertebrates, especially cattle, pigs, and horses. Diseases associated with this genus include ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q57751125, from2=Q57743989 Virus families Nidovirales