Yumkaaxvirus

Yumkaaxvirus pescaderoense
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Adnaviria
Kingdom: Zilligvirae
Phylum: Taleaviricota
Class: Tokiviricetes
Order: Maximonvirales
Family: Ahmunviridae
Genus: Yumkaaxvirus
Species:
Yumkaaxvirus pescaderoense
Synonyms
  • OP413840 Exemplar GenBank Accession Number
  • Methanophagales virus PBV300
  • PBV300 Virus name abbrevn

Yumkaaxvirus is a genus of viruses in the family Ahmunviridae and order Maximonvirales. It includes one species: Yumkaaxvirus pescaderoense.[1] Yumkaaxvirus pescaderoense is a dsDNA virus with host archea.[2]

Name

The order name, Maximonvirales, is named after Mayan god Maximon, a god of travelers, merchants, mecidine men/women, mischief and fertility. [2]

The family name, Ahmunviridae, is named after Mayan god Ah Mun, the god of agriculture. [2]

The genus name, Yumkaaxvirus, is named after Mayan god Yum Kaax, the god of the woods, the wild nature, and the hunt.[2]

The species epitheton, pescaderoense is named after Pescadero Basin.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2022 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Proposal 2022.001A.Nakonvirales_Maximonvirales_Coyopavirales_3no Download". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ Laso-Pérez, Rafael; Wu, Fabai; Crémière, Antoine; Speth, Daan R.; Magyar, John S.; Zhao, Kehan; Krupovic, Mart; Orphan, Victoria J. (Jan 19, 2023). "Evolutionary diversification of methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea and their expansive virome". Nature Microbiology. 8 (2): 231–245. doi:10.1038/s41564-022-01297-4. ISSN 2058-5276. PMC 9894754. PMID 36658397.


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