Asfarviridae
Asfarviridae is a family of viruses, the best-studied of which is African swine fever virus, which are double-stranded DNA viruses.
| Asfarviridae | |
|---|---|
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| African swine fever virus particle | |
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
| Class: | Pokkesviricetes |
| Order: | Asfuvirales |
| Family: | Asfarviridae |
| Genera | |
Taxonomy
There is only one species under Asfarviridae in ICTV 2022:
- Genus Asfivirus
- Species African swine fever virus
But, there may be more viruses:
- Abalone asfarvirus
- Dinodnavirus (Heterocapsa circularisquama DNA virus or hcDNAV)
- Faustovirus
- Kaumoebavirus
- Pacmanvirus
- Additional genomes known from environmental sampling of diverse marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats
References
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