Mivirus

Mivirus is a genus of negative-strand RNA viruses which infect arthropods.^[1] Member viruses have nonsegmented and bisegmented genomes.^[2] There are ten species in the genus.^[3]

Mivirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Monjiviricetes
Order:	Jingchuvirales
Family:	Chuviridae
Genus:	Mivirus

Etymology

The name Mivirus derives from 芈 (Mǐ), the ancestral name of King Zhuang of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period, along with -virus, the suffix for a virus genus.^[4]

Genome

The differing genome organizations in the family Chuviridae

Miviruses have nonsegmented and bisegmented genomes which are linear. Some member viruses may have circular genomes.^[1][2]

Taxonomy

Phylogentic tree of Negarnaviricota with family Chuviridae in blue

The genus contains the following species:^[3]

• Mivirus amblyommae
• Mivirus belostomatis
• Mivirus boleense
• Mivirus changpingense
• Mivirus dermacentoris
• Mivirus genovaense
• Mivirus karukeraense
• Mivirus rhipicephali
• Mivirus suffolkense
• Mivirus wuhanense