Bamfordvirae

Bamfordvirae is a kingdom of viruses.^[2] This kingdom is recognized for its use of double jelly roll major capsid proteins.^[3] It was formerly known as the PRD1-adenovirus lineage.^[4] The kingdom is named after Dennis H. Bamford who first promoted the evolutionary unity of all viruses encoding double jelly-roll major capsid proteins.^[5][6][4]

Bamfordvirae
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Varidnaviria
Kingdom:	Bamfordvirae
Subtaxa
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The genetic network linking various types of Bamfordvirae viruses and selfish genetic elements, represented by labeled circles. Links between circles are color-coded by the gene whose sequence homology establishes the link.^[1]

Taxonomy

Bamfordvirae contains the following phyla:^[2]

• Nucleocytoviricota
• Preplasmiviricota