White bream virus is a species of virus. It is the sole species in the subgenus Blicbavirus, which is in the genus Bafinivirus.[1] It was first isolated from white bream (Blicca bjoerkna) in Germany.[2] It is a bacilliform (rod-shaped) positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus.[3]

White bream virus
Electron micrograph of virion and structure of white bream virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Tobaniviridae
Genus: Bafinivirus
Subgenus: Blicbavirus
Species:
White bream virus

References

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  1. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2018 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ McVey, D. Scott; Kennedy, Melissa; Chengappa, M.M., eds. (2013). Veterinary Microbiology (3rd ed.). Wiley.
  3. ^ Batts WN, Goodwin AE, Winton JR (2012). "Genetic analysis of a novel nidovirus from fathead minnows". J. Gen. Virol. 93 (Pt 6): 1247–52. doi:10.1099/vir.0.041210-0. PMID 22422065.