Mammarenavirus

Mammarenavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Arenaviridae.[3] The name is a portmanteau of mammal and the former name Arenavirus, and differentiates it from the reptile-associated Reptarenavirus.[2] Arenavirus comes from the Latin arena (sand) for the sandy appearance of the virions.[4]

Mammarenavirus
Methylamine tungstate negative stain electron micrograph of Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus isolated from mouse spleen homogenate culture
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Arenaviridae
Genus: Mammarenavirus
Type species
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus
Species[1]

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Arenavirus

Taxonomy

The following species are recognized:[5]

  • Allpahuayo mammarenavirus
  • Alxa mammarenavirus
  • Argentinian mammarenavirus
  • Bear Canyon mammarenavirus
  • Brazilian mammarenavirus
  • Cali mammarenavirus
  • Chapare mammarenavirus
  • Chevrier mammarenavirus
  • Cupixi mammarenavirus
  • Flexal mammarenavirus
  • Gairo mammarenavirus
  • Guanarito mammarenavirus
  • Ippy mammarenavirus
  • Lassa mammarenavirus
  • Latino mammarenavirus
  • Loei River mammarenavirus
  • Lujo mammarenavirus
  • Luna mammarenavirus
  • Lunk mammarenavirus
  • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus
  • Machupo mammarenavirus
  • Mariental mammarenavirus
  • Merino Walk mammarenavirus
  • Mobala mammarenavirus
  • Mopeia mammarenavirus
  • Okahandja mammarenavirus
  • Oliveros mammarenavirus
  • Paraguayan mammarenavirus
  • Pirital mammarenavirus
  • Planalto mammarenavirus
  • Ryukyu mammarenavirus
  • Serra do Navio mammarenavirus
  • Solwezi mammarenavirus
  • Souris mammarenavirus
  • Tacaribe mammarenavirus
  • Tamiami mammarenavirus
  • Wenzhou mammarenavirus
  • Whitewater Arroyo mammarenavirus
  • Xapuri mammarenavirus

References
  1. "ICTV Report Arenaviridae".
  2. Buchmeier, Michael J.; et al. (2 July 2014). "Rename one (1) genus and twenty-five (25) species in the family Arenaviridae" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 7 March 2019. in the family Arenaviridae change the name of genus Arenavirus to Mammarenavirus and convert the names of its constituent species to a binomial format, by appending the name Mammarenavirus to each existing name
  3. Radoshitzky, SR; Buchmeier, MJ; Charrel, RN; Clegg, JCS; Gonzalez, JJ; Günther, S; Hepojoki, J; Kuhn, JH; Lukashevich, IS; Romanowski, V; Salvato, MS; Sironi, M; Stenglein, MD; de la Torre, JC; ICTV Report, Consortium (August 2019). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arenaviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 100 (8): 1200–1201. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001280. PMID 31192784.
  4. "ICTV 9th Report Arenaviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 7 March 2019. Derivation of name Arena: from Latin arenosus, “sandy” and arena, “sand”, in recognition of the sand-like particles observed in thin section. The name originally proposed was arenovirus, but was subsequently changed to avoid possible confusion with Adenovirus.
  5. "Virus Taxonomy: 2019 Release". talk.ictvonline.org. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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