Coronaviridae
Coronaviridae is a family of enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. The viral genome is 26–32 kilobases in length. The particles have large (~20 nm), club- or petal-shaped spikes on the surface (the "peplomers" ). The particles in electron micrographs look like the solar corona.
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Virus classification 
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Taxonomy
The family Coronaviridae is has 2 sub-families, 5 genera, 26 sub-genera, and 46 species.[1] More species are possible, but not yet confirmed.[2]
- Coronaviridae
- Orthocoronavirinae[3]
- Letovirinae
- Alphaletovirus
- Milecovirus
- Microhyla letovirus 1
- Milecovirus
- Alphaletovirus
Replication cycle of a coronavirus
Taxonomy of family Coronaviridae with species pathogenic to humans
Phylogenetic tree of Coronaviridae with host species indicated by color
References
- ↑ "Virus Taxonomy: 2019 Release". talk.ictvonline.org. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ↑ Gorbalenya A, Baker S, Baric R, de Groot R, Drosten C, Gulyaeva A, Haagmans B, Lauber C, Leontovich A, Neuman B, Penzar D, Perlman S, Poon L, Samborskiy D, Sidorov I, Sola I, Ziebuhr J (2020). "The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2" (PDF). Nature Microbiology. 5 (4): 536–44. doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0695-z. PMC 7095448. PMID 32123347.
- ↑ Fan Y, Zhao K, Shi ZL, Zhou P (March 2019). "Bat Coronaviruses in China". Viruses. 11 (3): 210. doi:10.3390/v11030210. PMC 6466186. PMID 30832341.