Chinchar V Gregory, Hick Paul, Ince Ikbal Agah, Jancovich James K, Marschang Rachel, Qin Qiwei, Subramaniam Kuttichantran, Waltzek Thomas B, Whittington Richard, Williams Trevor, Zhang Qi-Ya
Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW, Australia.
J Gen Virol. 2017 May;98(5):890-891. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000818. Epub 2017 May 30.
The Iridoviridae is a family of large, icosahedral viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes ranging in size from 103 to 220 kbp. Members of the subfamily Alphairidovirinae infect ectothermic vertebrates (bony fish, amphibians and reptiles), whereas members of the subfamily Betairidovirinae mainly infect insects and crustaceans. Infections can be either covert or patent, and in vertebrates they can lead to high levels of mortality among commercially and ecologically important fish and amphibians. This is a summary of the current International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Iridoviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/iridoviridae.
虹彩病毒科是一类大型二十面体病毒，其双链DNA基因组大小在103至220千碱基对之间。α虹彩病毒亚科的成员感染变温脊椎动物（硬骨鱼、两栖动物和爬行动物），而β虹彩病毒亚科的成员主要感染昆虫和甲壳类动物。感染可能是隐性的或显性的，在脊椎动物中，它们可导致具有商业和生态重要性的鱼类和两栖动物大量死亡。这是国际病毒分类委员会（ICTV）关于虹彩病毒科分类的最新报告摘要，该报告可在www.ictv.global/report/iridoviridae上获取。
