| Semotivirus | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus | 
| Realm: | Riboviria | 
| Kingdom: | Pararnavirae | 
| Phylum: | Artverviricota | 
| Class: | Revtraviricetes | 
| Order: | Ortervirales | 
| Family: | Belpaoviridae | 
| Genus: | Semotivirus | 
| Species | |
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Semotivirus is the only genus of viruses in the family Belpaoviridae (formerly included in the family Metaviridae).[1] Species exist as retrotransposons in a eukaryotic host's genome. BEL/pao transposons are only found in animals.
Species

Full-length genome architectures of representative semotiviruses.
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Anopheles gambiae Moose virus
 - Antheraea semotivirus Tamy
 - Ascaris lumbricoides Tas virus
 - Bombyx mori Pao virus
 - Caenorhabditis elegans Cer13 virus
 - Drosophila melanogaster Bel virus
 - Drosophila melanogaster Roo virus
 - Drosophila semotivirus Max
 - Drosophila simulans Ninja virus
 - Schistosoma semotivirus Sinbad
 - Takifugu rubripes Suzu virus
 
References
- ↑ Krupovic, M; Blomberg, J; Coffin, JM; Dasgupta, I; Fan, H; Geering, AD; Gifford, R; Harrach, B; Hull, R; Johnson, W; Kreuze, JF; Lindemann, D; Llorens, C; Lockhart, B; Mayer, J; Muller, E; Olszewski, N; Pappu, HR; Pooggin, M; Richert-Pöggeler, KR; Sabanadzovic, S; Sanfaçon, H; Schoelz, JE; Seal, S; Stavolone, L; Stoye, JP; Teycheney, PY; Tristem, M; Koonin, EV; Kuhn, JH (4 April 2018). "Ortervirales: A new viral order unifying five families of reverse-transcribing viruses". Journal of Virology. 92 (12). doi:10.1128/JVI.00515-18. PMC 5974489. PMID 29618642.
 - ↑ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
 
- Frame IG, Cutfield JF, Poulter RTM (2001) New BEL-like LTR-retrotransposons in Fugu rubripes, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 263(1–2):219–230
 
External links
- "Metaviridae". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 186665.
 - ICTVdB Index of Viruses
 - Descriptions of Plant Viruses
 
 Data related to Semotivirus at Wikispecies
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