Reoviridae
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Used for
Aquareovirus, channel catfish virus, chub reovirus, chum salmon virus, Coho salmon reovirus, Colorado tick fever virus, Coltivirus, diplorna virus, Eyach virus, Fijivirus, golden shinner virus, hard clam reovirus, maize rough dwarf virus, oat sterile dwarf virus, Phytoreovirus, rice dwarf virus, rice gall dwarf virus, rice ragged stunt virus, Tench reovirus, wound tumor virus
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
Cypovirus, Orbivirus, Orthoreovirus, Rotavirus
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Related Terms
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Scope Note
Respiratory Enteric Orphan viruses; infects vertebrates, invertebrates and plants; genome is linear dsRNA; replication occurs in cytoplasm, causing development of perinuclear virus inclusions.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- The name Reoviridae is derived from respiratory enteric orphan viruses.
- frFamily Reoviridae is known, by definition, to contain dsRNA viruses with 10-12 genome segments.
- INTRODUCTION The family Reoviridae is composed of eight genera: Orthoreovirus, Orbivirus, Coltivirus, Rotavirus, Aquareovirus, Cypovirus, Phytoreovirus, and Fijivirus.
- A structural feature common to members of the Reoviridae is a multilayered capsid, formed by several concentric icosahedral shells with different protein compositions.
- The family Reoviridae is divided into nine genera, four of which can infect humans and animals.
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