Global InformationPlanarian secretory cell nidovirus information
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
| Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
| Order: | Nidovirales |
| Family: | Mononiviridae |
| Genus: | Alphamononivirus |
| Species: | Planidovirus 1
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| Virus: | Planarian secretory cell nidovirus
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Planarian secretory cell nidovirus (PSCNV) is a virus of the species Planidovirus 1,[1] a nidovirus notable for its extremely large genome. At 41.1 kilobases, it is the largest known genome of an RNA virus. It was discovered by inspecting the transcriptomes of the planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea and is the first known RNA virus infecting planarians. It was first described in 2018.[2]
- ^ "ICTV Taxonomy history: Planidovirus 1". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ Saberi, Amir; Gulyaeva, Anastasia A.; Brubacher, John L.; Newmark, Phillip A.; Gorbalenya, Alexander E. (1 November 2018). "A planarian nidovirus expands the limits of RNA genome size". PLOS Pathogens. 14 (11): e1007314. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007314. PMC 6211748. PMID 30383829.