Genus Pygoscepivirus

Genus Pygoscepivirus presently comprises 1 species, Pygoscepivirus A.

Genome layout: VPg-5'UTRIRES[L/1AB-1C-1D/2A-2B-2Chel/3A- 3BVPg-3Cpro-3Dpol]3'UTR-poly(A)

There is 1 GenBank entry (as of 2 December 2020) !

Species

Type

Strain

Length

Acc. No.

Reference

Pygoscepivirus A

PyV-A1

pygoscepivirus A1 [pingu virus] isolate 991 (gentoo/King George Island/2006)

7601 nt

MH255796

de Souza et al. 2019. Pingu virus: a new picornavirus in penguins from Antarctica. Virus Evol 5(2):vez047e.




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