''Tectiliviricetes'' (from
tectivirid-like) is a class of
virus
A virus is a wikt:submicroscopic, 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 ...
es.
Taxonomy
The class contains the following orders:
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Belfryvirales
''Turriviridae'' is a family of viruses; it contains only one genus, ''Alphaturrivirus''. The archaea '' Sulfolobus solfataricus'' serve as natural hosts. There are two species in the genus ''Alphaturrivirus''.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the ...
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Kalamavirales
''Tectiviridae'' is a family of viruses with 10 species in five genera. Bacteria serve as natural hosts. Tectiviruses have no head-tail structure, but are capable of producing tail-like tubes of ~ 60×10 nm upon adsorption or after chlorofo ...
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Rowavirales
Adenoviruses (members of the family ''Adenoviridae'') are medium-sized (90–100 nm), nonenveloped (without an outer lipid bilayer) viruses with an icosahedral nucleocapsid containing a double-stranded DNA genome. Their name derives from thei ...
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Vinavirales
''Corticovirus'' is a genus of viruses in the family ''Corticoviridae''. Corticoviruses are bacteriophages; that is, their natural hosts are bacteria. The genus contains two species. The name is derived from Latin ''cortex'', ''corticis'' (meani ...
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Additionally, one family is unassigned to an order: ''
Autolykiviridae''.
References
Viruses
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