Nidovirales
Nidovirales is an order of viruses. It is carried by animals and humans. The order includes the families Coronaviridae,[1][2] Arteriviridae,[3] Roniviridae, and Mesoniviridae.
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Virus classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Incertae sedis/Virus class |
| Order: | Nidovirales |
Nidoviruses are enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. Their name comes from the Latin word nidus, meaning nest, as all viruses in this order produce a 3' co-terminal nested set of subgenomic mRNAs during infection.[4]
Nidovirales Media
Phylogeny and pp1ab domain organization of selected nidoviruses.
Taxonomy tree of the order Nidovirales
References
- ↑ Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology (2008)Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-22-6.
- ↑ Coronaviruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology (2007)Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-16-5.
- ↑ Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology (2008)Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-22-6.
- ↑ Antoine A.F. de Vries, Marian C. Horzinek, Peter J. M. Rottier, Raoul J. de Groot. The Genome Organization of the Nidovirales: Similarities and Differences between Arteri-, Toro-, and Coronaviruses. Seminars in Virology 8 (1) (1997). p. 33–47. doi:10.1006/smvy.1997.0104.