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Genus: Betapolyomavirus

Genus: Betapolyomavirus

Distinguishing features

The best-studied human polyomaviruses BK and JC belong to this genus and are associated with nephropathy and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, respectively.

Virion

See discussion under family description.

Genome organization and replication

See discussion under family description.

Antigenicity

See discussion under family description.

Biology

See discussion under family description.

Species demarcation criteria

  1. Sufficient information on the natural host
  2. Observed genetic distance from a member of the most closely related species is >15% for the LTAg coding sequence
  3. When two polyomaviruses exhibit <15% observed genetic distance, biological properties may be of additional critical importance (e.g. host specificity, disease association, tissue tropism, etc.)

Member Species

SpeciesVirus name(s)Exemplar isolateExemplar accession numberExemplar RefSeq numberAvailable sequenceOther isolatesOther isolate accession numbersVirus Abbreviation(s)Isolate Abbreviation
Acerodon celebensis polyomavirus 2BatPyV6abat polyomavirus 6aAB972941NC_026762Complete genomeBatPyV6a
Artibeus planirostris polyomavirus 1BatPyV2cbat polyomavirus 2cJQ958887Complete genomeBatPyV2c
Cebus albifrons polyomavirus 12141Cebus albifrons polyomavirus 1JX159988NC_019854Complete genomeCalbPyV1
Cercopithecus erythrotis polyomavirus 14077Cercopithecus erythrotis polyomavirus 1JX159985NC_025892Complete genomeCeryPyV1
Chlorocebus pygerythrus polyomavirus 2VMK96vervet monkey polyomavirus 2AB767299NC_025896Complete genomeVmPyV2
Desmodus rotundus polyomavirus 1AT7bat polyomavirus 2aJQ958892NC_028122Complete genomeBatPyV2a
Dobsonia moluccensis polyomavirus 2BatPyV6bbat polyomavirus 6bAB972947NC_026770Complete genomeBatPyV6b
Dobsonia moluccensis polyomavirus 3BatPyV6cbat polyomavirus 6cAB972946NC_026769Complete genomeBatPyV6c
Equus caballus polyomavirus 1CU03equine polyomavirus JQ412134NC_017982Complete genomeEPyV
Human polyomavirus 1DunlopBK polyomavirusV01108NC_001538Complete genomeBK virus; BKV; BKPyV
Human polyomavirus 2Mad1JC polyomavirusJ02226NC_001699Complete genomeJC virus; JCV; JCPyV
Human polyomavirus 3Stockholm 60KI polyomavirusEF127906NC_009238Complete genomeKIPyV
Human polyomavirus 4B0WU polyomavirusEF444549NC_009539Complete genomeWU virus; WUPyV
Leptonychotes weddellii polyomavirus 117461Weddell seal polyomavirus KX533457NC_032120Complete genomeWsPyV
Loxodonta africana polyomavirus 1DK/1/2011African elephant polyomavirus 1KF147833NC_022519Complete genomeAelPyV1
Macaca mulatta polyomavirus 1776simian virus 40J02400NC_001669Complete genomeSV40
Mastomys natalensis polyomavirus 1NR55Mastomys polyomavirusAB588640NC_025895Complete genomeMasPyV
Meles meles polyomavirus 1FrenchMeles meles polyomavirus 1KP644238NC_026473Complete genomeMmelPyV1
Microtus arvalis polyomavirus 1Microtus arvalis polyomavirus 1KR612373NC_028119Complete genomeCVPyV
Miniopterus africanus polyomavirus 1KY369Miniopterus polyomavirusJX520661NC_020069Complete genomeMiniopterusPyV
Mus musculus polyomavirus 26018mouse pneumotropic virusKT987216Complete genomeMPtV
Myodes glareolus polyomavirus 1Myodes glareolus polyomavirus 1KR612368NC_028117Complete genomeBVPyV
Myotis lucifugus polyomavirus 1VM2008_14Myotis polyomavirusFJ188392NC_011310Complete genomeMyPyV
Pan troglodytes polyomavirus 8Ch-ReginaPan troglodytes verus polyomavirus 8KT884050NC_028635Complete genomePtrovPyV8
Papio cynocephalus polyomavirus 2BS94/BK94yellow baboon polyomavirus 2AB767295Complete genomeYbPyV2
Pteronotus davyi polyomavirus 1GTM203Pteronotus polyomavirusJX520662NC_020070Complete genomePteronotusPyV
Pteronotus parnellii polyomavirus 1R226bat polyomavirus 2bJQ958891NC_028121Complete genomeBatPyV2b
Rattus norvegicus polyomavirus 2PITT4rat polyomavirus 2 KX574453Complete genomeRatPyV2
Saimiri boliviensis polyomavirus 1Squi0106squirrel monkey polyomavirusAM748741NC_009951Complete genomeSquiPyV
Saimiri sciureus polyomavirus 12033Saimiri sciureus polyomavirus 1JX159989Complete genomeSsciPyV1
Vicugna pacos polyomavirus 1UCD1alpaca polyomavirus KU879245NC_034251Complete genomeAlPyV
Zalophus californianus polyomavirus 1CSL6994California sea lion polyomavirus 1GQ331138NC_013796Complete genomeSLPyV

Virus names, the choice of exemplar isolates, and virus abbreviations, are not official ICTV designations.
Download GenBank/EMBL query for sequences listed in the table here.

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