Marseilleviridae

Marseilleviridae
Marseilleviridae
Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Family: Marseilleviridae
Genera

Marseillevirus

Marseilleviridae is a family of double stranded DNA viruses. It is a member of the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses clade.

History

Taxonomy

There is one genus (Marseillevirus) in this family and one species within this genus currently recognised. It was originally grouped with the Mimivirus but subsequent studies showed it to be only distantly related.

References


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