The Five Kingdoms
Viruses in Bacteria, Plants and Fungi
- Viruses infect members of all five kingdoms
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)