Retroviridae

Translingual

Etymology

retro- +‎ -viridae (1975), from such a virus's use of its own reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, the reverse of the usual pattern

Proper noun

Retroviridae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Ortervirales – prototypical retroviruses.

Hypernyms

• (family): Riboviria - realm; Pararnavirae - kingdom; Artverviricota - phylum; Revtraviricetes - class; Ortervirales - order - ICTV 2019

Hyponyms

• (family): Orthoretrovirinae, Spumaretrovirinae - subfamilies
  • Alpharetrovirus, Betaretrovirus, Deltaretrovirus, Epsilonretrovirus, Gammaretrovirus, Lentivirus; Bovispumavirus, Equispumavirus, Felispumavirus, Prosimiispumavirus, Simiispumavirus - genera

References

• Retroviridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Retroviridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Retroviridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons