Spinareovirinae

Subfamily of viruses

Spinareovirinae

Cryo-EM protein capsid structure of grass carp reovirus (GCRV)
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Duplornaviricota
Class:	Resentoviricetes
Order:	Reovirales
Family:	Sedoreoviridae
Subfamily:	*Spinareovirinae*

Spinareovirinae is a subfamily of double-stranded RNA viruses in the family Reoviridae. Viruses in this group are distinguished by the presence of a turreted protein on the inner capsid.^[1] (Spina = spiny or thorny in Latin.)

Taxonomy

The subfamily has nine genera:

Aquareovirus
Coltivirus
Cypovirus
Dinovernavirus
Fijivirus
Idnoreovirus
Mycoreovirus
Orthoreovirus
Oryzavirus

References

^ Carstens, E. B. (January 2010). "Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2009)". Archives of Virology. 155 (1). Springer Wien: 133–146. doi:10.1007/s00705-009-0547-x. ISSN 1432-8798. PMC 7086975. PMID 19960211.