Yuyuevirus

Yuyuevirus is the only genus in the family Yueviridae, which in turn is the only family in the order Goujianvirales and class Yunchangviricetes. Two species are recognized: Beihai yuyuevirus and Shahe yuyuevirus.[1]

Yuyuevirus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Yunchangviricetes
Order: Goujianvirales
Family: Yueviridae
Genus: Yuyuevirus
Species[1]
  • Beihai yuyuevirus
  • Shahe yuyuevirus

The name Yuyuevirus is from 於越 (Yúyuè), a synonym for the Spring and Autumn period state of Yuè, along with -virus, the suffix for a virus genus[2] Yueviridae comes from (Yuè), also referring to Yuè state, with the suffix for virus family -viridae.[2] Goujianvirales is named in honor of Goujian (Gōujiàn 勾踐) the king of Yuè State.[2] Yunchangviricetes is named in honor of Yǔncháng (Yǔncháng 允常), the father of Gōujiàn.[2]

References

  1. Virus Taxonomy: 2018 Release, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, retrieved 2018-12-03
  2. Wolf, Yuri; Krupovic, Mart; Zhang, Yong Zhen; Maes, Piet; Dolja, Valerian; Koonin, Eugene V.; Kuhn, Jens H., "Megataxonomy of negative-sense RNA viruses" (docx), International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), retrieved 2019-01-12
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