''Alsuviricetes'' is a class of
positive-strand RNA viruses
Positive-strand RNA viruses (+ssRNA viruses) are a group of related viruses that have positive-sense, single-stranded genomes made of ribonucleic acid. The positive-sense genome can act as messenger RNA (mRNA) and can be directly translated int ...
which infect
eukaryote
The eukaryotes ( ) constitute the Domain (biology), domain of Eukaryota or Eukarya, organisms whose Cell (biology), cells have a membrane-bound cell nucleus, nucleus. All animals, plants, Fungus, fungi, seaweeds, and many unicellular organisms ...
s. The name of the group is a
syllabic abbreviation
An abbreviation () is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym), or crasis. An abbreviation may be a shortened form of a word, usually ended with a trailing per ...
of "''al''pha ''su''pergroup" with the suffix ''-viricetes'' indicating a
virus class.
Taxonomy
The following orders are recognized:
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Hepelivirales''
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Martellivirales
''Martellivirales'' is an order of viruses.
Taxonomy
The following families are recognized:
*''Bromoviridae''
*''Closteroviridae''
*''Endornaviridae''
*''Kitaviridae''
*''Mayoviridae''
*''Togaviridae''
*''Virgaviridae''
References
Viru ...
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Tymovirales
''Tymovirales'' is an order of viruses with five families. The group consists of viruses which have positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genomes. Their genetic material is protected by a special coat protein.
Description
Tymoviruses are mainly ...
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References
Tymovirales
Viruses
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