The Five Kingdoms


Viruses in Bacteria, Plants and Fungi

  • Viruses infect members of all five kingdoms
Picture

Cross-Kingdoms Virus Families


• Certain viruses can cross-infect members of different kingdoms
– Bunyaviridae (animals and plants)
– Partitiviridae (plants and fungi)
– Reoviridae (animals and plants)
– Rhabdoviridae (animals and plants)
– Phycodnaviridae (protozoa and plants)
– (Picornaviridae) (plants and animals - tentative)
– (Totiviridae) (protozoa / fungi and insects - tentative)