Tevenvirinae

Tevenvirinae
Electron micrograph of two virions of genus Tequatrovirus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Uroviricota
Class: Caudoviricetes
Order: Pantevenvirales
Family: Straboviridae
Subfamily: Tevenvirinae
Genera

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Tevenvirinae is a subfamily of viruses in the family Straboviridae of class Caudoviricetes. The subfamily was previously placed in the morphology-based family Myoviridae, which was found to be paraphyletic in genome studies and abolished in the 2021 International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) classification. Bacteria and archaea serve as natural hosts. The subfamily contains 15 genera.

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