''Flexiviridae'' was a family 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 named after being filamentous and highly flexible. Members of the family infect plants. In 2009, the family was dissolved and replaced with four families, each of which still contain the name ''flexiviridae'':
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Alphaflexiviridae
''Alphaflexiviridae'' is a family of viruses in the order ''Tymovirales''. Plants and fungi serve as natural hosts. There are 65 species in this family, assigned to six genera. Diseases associated with this family include: mosaic and ringspot sy ...
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Betaflexiviridae
''Betaflexiviridae'' is a family of viruses in the order ''Tymovirales''. Plants and fungi serve as natural hosts. There are 108 species in this family, assigned to 13 genera in two subfamilies. Diseases associated with this family include mosa ...
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Gammaflexiviridae''
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Deltaflexiviridae''
''Flexiviridae'' was ''
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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
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References
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Obsolete virus taxa
Unaccepted virus taxa