ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Metaviridae

Carlos Llorens (1) , Beatriz Soriano (1) , Mart Krupovic (2) , Ictv Report Consortium

1 Biotechvana [Valencia, Spain]
2 Virologie des archées - Archaeal Virology

Metaviridae is a family of retrotransposons and reverse-transcribing viruses with long terminal repeats belonging to the order Ortervirales. Members of the genera Errantivirus and Metavirus include, respectively, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty3 virus and its Gypsy-like relatives in drosophilids. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Metaviridae, which is available at ictv. global/ report/ metaviridae.

Keywords: ICTV; Metaviridae; retrotransposon; taxononmy

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Carlos Llorens, Beatriz Soriano, Mart Krupovic, Ictv Report Consortium. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Metaviridae. Journal of General Virology, 2020, 101 (11), pp.1131 - 1132. ⟨10.1099/jgv.0.001509⟩. ⟨pasteur-03112957⟩