| Asfarviridae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| African swine fever virus particle | |
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
| Class: | Pokkesviricetes |
| Order: | Asfuvirales |
| Family: | Asfarviridae |
| Genera | |
Asfarviridae is a family of viruses, the best-studied of which is African swine fever virus, which are double-stranded DNA viruses.[1] A 2025 genomic-analysis study comparing many of the so-called “extended Asfarviridae” viruses (e.g. Faustovirus, Kaumoebavirus, Pacmanvirus, Abalone asfa‑like virus (AbALV) along with African swine fever virus) found that these lineages are so genetically divergent that they likely represent multiple distinct viral families rather than a single “extended Asfarviridae” group.[2] This suggests that the diversity of giant dsDNA viruses related to ASFV is far greater than previously recognised, and that taxonomic re-classification may be required.
Taxonomy
There is only one species under Asfarviridae in ICTV 2022:
- Genus Asfivirus[3]
- Species African swine fever virus[1][3]
But, there may be more viruses:
- Abalone asfarvirus[4][1]
- Dinodnavirus (Heterocapsa circularisquama DNA virus or hcDNAV)[1]
- Faustovirus[1]
- Kaumoebavirus[1][5]
- Pacmanvirus[1][6]
- Additional genomes known from environmental sampling of diverse marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Karki, Sangita; Moniruzzaman, Mohammad; Aylward, Frank O. (2021). "Comparative Genomics and Environmental Distribution of Large dsDNA Viruses in the Family Asfarviridae". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12 657471. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.657471. PMC 8005611. PMID 33790885.
- ↑ Mendonça-Santos, Thiago; Abrahão, Jônatas; Del-Bem, Luiz-Eduardo (2025-11-13). "Integrative genomic analyses support the division of the extended Asfarviridae clade into multiple viral families". Journal of Virology. 0 (0): e01337–25. doi:10.1128/jvi.01337-25.
- 1 2 "Virus Taxonomy: 2022 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ↑ Matsuyama, Tomomasa; Takano, Tomokazu; Nishiki, Issei; Fujiwara, Atushi; Kiryu, Ikunari; Inada, Mari; Sakai, Takamitsu; Terashima, Sachiko; Matsuura, Yuta; Isowa, Kiyoshi; Nakayasu, Chihaya (2020). "A novel Asfarvirus-like virus identified as a potential cause of mass mortality of abalone". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 4620. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.4620M. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-61492-3. PMC 7067878. PMID 32165658.
- ↑ Bajrai, Leena; Benamar, Samia; Azhar, Esam; Robert, Catherine; Levasseur, Anthony; Raoult, Didier; La Scola, Bernard (2016). "Kaumoebavirus, a New Virus That Clusters with Faustoviruses and Asfarviridae". Viruses. 8 (11): 278. doi:10.3390/v8110278. PMC 5127008. PMID 27801826.
- ↑ Andreani, Julien; Khalil, Jacques Yaacoub Bou; Sevvana, Madhumati; Benamar, Samia; Di Pinto, Fabrizio; Bitam, Idir; Colson, Philippe; Klose, Thomas; Rossmann, Michael G.; Raoult, Didier; La Scola, Bernard (2017). "Pacmanvirus, a New Giant Icosahedral Virus at the Crossroads between Asfarviridae and Faustoviruses". Journal of Virology. 91 (14) e00212–17. doi:10.1128/JVI.00212-17. PMC 5487549. PMID 28446673.
