Comoviridae
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The Comovirinae are a subfamily within the family Secoviridae
Secoviridae
The Secoviridae are a family of Group IV plant-infecting viruses in the order Picornavirales.They include the following genera:*Cheravirus*Sadwavirus*Sequivirus*Torradovirus*Waikavirus...

  in the order of Picornavirales
Picornavirales
The Picornavirales are an order of viruses with vertebrate, insects and plant hosts.This group consists of viruses which have sense single stranded RNA genomes....

, including the following genera:
  • Genus Comovirus; type species: Cowpea mosaic virus
    Cowpea mosaic virus
    Cowpea mosaic virus is a plant virus of the comovirus group. Infection of a susceptible cowpea leaf results in high virus yields . Its Genome consists of 2 molecules of positive-sense RNA which are separately encapsidated. Both RNA1 and RNA2 have a VPg at the 5'end, and polyadenylation at the...

  • Genus Fabavirus; type species: Broad bean wilt virus 1
  • Genus Nepovirus
    Nepovirus
    Nepoviruses or nematode transmitted polyhedral viruses, are a genus of plant viruses of the family Secoviridae and subfamily Comovirinae...

    ; type species: Tobacco ringspot virus
    Tobacco ringspot virus
    Tobacco ringspot virus is a plant pathogenic virus in the plant virus family Comoviridae. It is the type species of the Comoviridae Genus Nepovirus. Nepoviruses are be transmitted between plants by nematodes...



The genomes of the Comoviruses and Nepoviruses are bipartate.

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