Prymnesiovirus

Prymnesiovirus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Megaviricetes
Order: Algavirales
Family: Phycodnaviridae
Genus: Prymnesiovirus

Prymnesiovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Phycodnaviridae. Alga serve as natural hosts. There is only one species in this genus: Chrysochromulina brevifilum virus PW1 (CbV-PW1, Prymnesiovirus brevifilum). It infects Haptolina brevifila, basionym: Chrysochromulina brevifilum (Edvardsen et al., 2011).

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