Plasmaviridae

Plasmavirus
	EM of a plasmavirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Family:	Plasmaviridae
Genus:	Plasmavirus
Species
	Plasmavirus L2;
Synonyms
	Plasmavirus Plasmavirus ICTV 1981; Mycoplasma virus type 2 phages ICTV 1978; Plasmavirus L2 Plasmavirus L2 ICTV 2021; Acholeplasma virus L2 ICTV 2015; Acholeplasma phage L2 ICTV 1991; Phage MV-L2 ICTV 1978;

Plasmaviridae is a family of bacteria-infecting viruses. Acholeplasma species serve as natural hosts. There is one genus in the family, Plasmavirus, which contains one species: Acholeplasma virus L2.^[1]^[2]^[3] All viruses known in this family have been isolated from species in the class Mollicutes.

This family is poorly studied and little is known about the diversity and biology of these viruses.

^ Krupovic, M; ICTV Report Consortium (May 2018). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Plasmaviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 99 (5): 617–618. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001060. PMID 29611799.
^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

[Krupovic-ICTV-1] Krupovic, M; ICTV Report Consortium (May 2018). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Plasmaviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 99 (5): 617–618. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001060. PMID 29611799.

[ViralZone-2] "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

[ICTV-3] "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

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