Cheravirus

Cheravirus
Virus classification
Group:	Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Order:	Picornavirales
Family:	Secoviridae
Genus:	Cheravirus
Species
Apple latent spherical virus Cherry rasp leaf virus

The Cheravirus refers to a genus of a plant virus in the family Secoviridae and order Picornavirales. Virus consists of a non-enveloped capsid with isometric, icosahedral symmetry. The viral gene is two segments of positive sense, single stranded RNA of about 10,000 nucleotides in length.^[1].

Two well known species in this genus includes^[2]:

• Apple latent spherical virus
• Cherry rasp leaf virus

Literature

1. ^ ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.111.0.01. Cheravirus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA
2. ^ Index of Viruses - Cheravirus (2006). In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA.

External links

• Viralzone: Cheravirus

• ICTV Virus Taxonomy 2009 [1]
• UniProt Taxonomy [2]