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Vombatid gammaherpesvirus 1

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Vombatid gammaherpesvirus 1
Manticavirus vombatidgamma1
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Peploviricota
Class: Herviviricetes
Order: Herpesvirales
Family: Orthoherpesviridae
Genus: Manticavirus
Species:
Manticavirus vombatidgamma1
Synonyms
  • Vombatid gammaherpesvirus 1

Vombatid gammaherpesvirus 1 (VoHV-1) is a species of virus in the genus Manticavirus, subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and order Herpesvirales.[1][2]

Host

Genomic information
Genome size109,717 bases
Year of completion2018

It is hosted by the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus).[3]

References

  1. "ICTV Master Species List 2018b.v2". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. "History of the taxon: Species: Manticavirus vombatidgamma1 (2023 Release, MSL #39)". ictv.global. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  3. Vaz, Paola K.; Hartley, Carol A.; Lee, Sang-Yong; Sansom, Fiona M.; Adams, Timothy E.; Stalder, Kathryn; Pearce, Lesley; Lovrecz, George; Browning, Glenn F.; Müller, Christa E.; Devlin, Joanne M. (2019). "Koala and Wombat Gammaherpesviruses Encode the First Known Viral NTPDase Homologs and Are Phylogenetically Divergent from All Known Gammaherpesviruses". Journal of Virology. 93 (6): e01404–18. doi:10.1128/JVI.01404-18. PMC 6401436. PMID 30567986.


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