Simarterivirinae

Simarterivirinae is a subfamily of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses which infect vertebrate. The subfamily is in the family Arteriviridae and order Nidovirales. The subfamily contains six genera.

Structure

Member viruses are enveloped, spherical, and 45–60 nm in diameter.

Genome

Variarteriviruses have a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome.

Taxonomy

The subfamily Simarterivirinae contains six genera:

• Deltaarterivirus
• Epsilonarterivirus
• Etaarterivirus
• Iotaarterivirus
• Thetaarterivirus
• Zetaarterivirus

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