Yuyuevirus

Yuyuevirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Yunchangviricetes
Order:	Goujianvirales
Family:	Yueviridae
Genus:	Yuyuevirus

Yuyuevirus is a genus of negative-strand RNA viruses which infect invertebrates.^[2] Member viruses have bisegmented genomes.^[3][4] 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.^[1]

Etymology

The name Yuyuevirus is from 於越 (Yúyuè), a synonym for the Spring and Autumn period state of Yuè, along with -virus, the suffix for a virus genus^[5] Yueviridae comes from 越 (Yuè), also referring to Yuè state, with the suffix for virus family -viridae.^[5] Goujianvirales is named in honor of Goujian (Gōujiàn 勾踐) the king of Yuè State.^[5] Yunchangviricetes is named in honor of Yǔncháng (Yǔncháng 允常), the father of Gōujiàn.^[5]

Genome

Yuyueviruses have negative-sense, single-stranded RNA genomes that are bisegemented. The total genome length is 7.8–8.2 kbp.^[3][4]

Taxonomy

The genus contains two species:^[1]

• Beihai yuyuevirus
• Shahe yuyuevirus

References

1. Virus Taxonomy: 2018 Release, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, retrieved 2018-12-03
2. Wolf, Yuri I.; Kazlauskas, Darius; Iranzo, Jaime; Lucía-Sanz, Adriana; Kuhn, Jens H.; Krupovic, Mart; Dolja, Valerian V.; Koonin, Eugene V. (21 December 2018). "Origins and Evolution of the Global RNA Virome". mBio. 9 (6). doi:10.1128/mBio.02329-18. ISSN 2150-7511. PMC 6282212. PMID 30482837.
3. "ViralMultiSegProj358989 - Genome - Assembly - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
4. "ViralMultiSegProj361814 – Genome – Assembly – NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
5. Wolf, Yuri; Krupovic, Mart; Zhang, Yong Zhen; Maes, Piet; Dolja, Valerian; Koonin, Eugene V.; Kuhn, Jens H., "Megataxonomy of negative-sense RNA viruses" (docx), International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), retrieved 2019-01-12^{[dead link‍]}