Tupanvirus

Tupanvirus

Taxonavigation

Classification System: ICTV (2022 Release, MSL #38)

(Unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Regnum: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Classis: Megaviricetes
Ordo: Imitervirales
Familia: Mimiviridae
Genus: Tupanvirus
Species: T. deep ocean – T. soda lake

Name

Tupanvirus Rodrigues et al., 2019

Type species: Tupanvirus soda lake Rodrigues et al., 2019

References

Primary references

• Rodrigues, R.A.L., Mougari, S., Colson, P., La Scola, B. & Abrahão, J.S. 2019. Tupanvirus, a new genus in the family Mimiviridae. Archives of Virology 164: 325–331. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-4067-4 Reference page. 

Additional references

• uniprot.org