''Shotokuvirae'' is a kingdom of
virus
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living Cell (biology), cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Viruses are ...
es.
Nomenclature
The kingdom, Shotokuvirae, was named after Japan's Empress Shotoku (718-770 AD), who reigned over Japan twice, first as Empress Koken and later as Empress Shotoku, and who created the world's earliest written record of a plant virus disease, which was a poem to her followers about a geminivirus eupatorium yellow vein virus infection of a eupatorium plant, which she had described as having turned yellow.
Taxonomy
The following phyla are recognized:
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Commensaviricota''
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Cossaviricota
''Cossaviricota'' is a phylum of viruses. The phylum is named after Yvonne Cossart who discovered Parvovirus B19, the causative pathogen of fifth disease.
Classes
The following classes are recognized:
* '' Mouviricetes''
* ''Papovaviricetes
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Cressdnaviricota''
References
Viruses
Virus kingdoms
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