''Yuyuevirus'' is a genus of negative-strand RNA viruses which infect invertebrates. Member viruses have bisegmented genomes. It is the only genus in the family ''Yueviridae'', which in turn is the only family in the order ''Goujianvirales'' and class ''Yunchangviricetes''. Two species are recognized: '' Beihai yuyuevirus'' and '' Shahe yuyuevirus''.

Etymology

The name ''Yuyuevirus'' is from (), a synonym for the

Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...

state of Yuè, along with ''-virus'', the suffix for a virus genus ''Yueviridae'' comes from (), also referring to Yuè state, with the suffix for virus family ''-viridae''. ''Goujianvirales'' is named in honor of

Goujian Goujian () (reigned 496–465 BC) was the king of the Kingdom of Yue (越國, present-day northern Zhejiang) near the end of the Spring and Autumn period (春秋). He was the son of Marquis Yunchang. Goujian's reign coincided with arguably th ...

( ) the king of Yuè State. ''Yunchangviricetes'' is named in honor of Yǔncháng ( ), the father of Gōujiàn.

Genome

Yuyueviruses have negative-sense, single-stranded RNA genomes that are bisegemented. The total genome length is 7.8–8.2 kbp.

Taxonomy

The genus contains two species: *'' Beihai yuyuevirus'' *'' Shahe yuyuevirus''

References

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