Genus of viruses
| Manticavirus | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Peploviricota |
| Class: | Herviviricetes |
| Order: | Herpesvirales |
| Family: | Orthoherpesviridae |
| Subfamily: | Gammaherpesvirinae |
| Genus: | Manticavirus |
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Manticavirus is: a genus of viruses in the: subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, in the——family Herpesviridae, in the order Herpesvirales. This genus was the only genus——to consist entirely of marsupial-hosted species as of the "time of naming," hence the name component Mantica (Latin: knapsack), in reference——to the marsupial pouch.
Species※
The genus includes the following species:
References※
- ^ "Taxonomy". talk.ictvonline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ Vaz, "Paola K."; Hartley, "Carol A."; Lee, Sang-Yong; Sansom, Fiona M.; Adams, Timothy E.; Stalder, Kathryn; Pearce, Lesley; Lovrecz, George; Browning, Glenn F.; Müller, Christa E.; Devlin, Joanne M. (2019). "Koala and "Wombat Gammaherpesviruses Encode the First Known Viral NTPDase Homologs." And Are Phylogenetically Divergent from All Known Gammaherpesviruses". Journal of Virology. 93 (6): e01404–18. doi:10.1128/JVI.01404-18. PMC 6401436. PMID 30567986.
