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Published in final edited form as: Arch Virol. 2011 May 12;156(9):10.1007/s00705-011-1008-x. doi: 10.1007/s00705-011-1008-x

Table 1.

Polyomavirus species (italic), virus designations, abbreviations, hosts and GenBank accession numbers

Designation Abbreviation Host GenBank
Genus Orthopolyomavirus (type species Simian virus 40)
    Baboon polyomavirus 1 SA12 Monkey NC_007611
  Baboon polyomavirus 1
    Bat polyomavirus BatPyV Bat NC_011310
  Bat polyomavirus
    B-lymphotropic polyomavirus LPyV Monkey NC_004763
  B-lymphotropic polyomavirus
    BK polyomavirus BKPyV Human NC_001538
  BK polyomavirus
    Bornean orang-utan polyomavirus OraPyV1 Orang-utan NC_013439
  Bornean orang-utan polyomavirus
    Bovine polyomavirus BPyV Cattle NC_001442
  Bovine polyomavirus
    California sea lion polyomavirus SLPyV Sea lion NC_013796
  California sea lion polyomavirus
    Hamster polyomavirus HaPyV Hamster NC_001663, AJ006015
  Hamster polyomavirus
    JC polyomavirus JCPyV Human NC_001699
  JC polyomavirus
    Merkel cell polyomavirus MCPyV Human NC_010277
  Merkel cell polyomavirus
    Murine pneumotropic virus MPtV Mouse NC_001505.2
  Murine pneumotropic virus
    Murine polyomavirus MPyV Mouse NC_001515
  Murine polyomavirus
    Simian virus 40 SV40 Monkey NC_001669
  Simian virus 40
    Squirrel Monkey polyomavirus SqPyV Monkey NC_009951
  Squirrel Monkey polyomavirus
    Sumatran orang-utan polyomavirus OraPyV2 Orang-utan FN356901
  Sumatran orang-utan polyomavirus
    Trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus TSPyV Human NC_014361
  Trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus
Other related virus that may be a member of the genus Orthopolyomavirus but has not been approved as a species
    Chimpanzee polyomavirus ChPyV Chimpanzee AY691168
Genus Wukipolyomavirus (type species KI polyomavirus)
    Human polyomavirus 6 HPyV6 Human NC_014406
  Human polyomavirus 6
    Human polyomavirus 7 HPyV7 Human NC_014407
  Human polyomavirus 7
    KI polyomavirus KIPyV Human NC_009238
  KI polyomavirus
    WU polyomavirus WUPyV Human NC_009539
  WU polyomavirus
Genus Avipolyomavirus (type species Avian polyomavirus)
    Avian polyomavirus APyV Parrot, birds NC_004764.2
  Avian polyomavirus
    Canary polyomavirus CaPyV Canary bird GU345044
  Canary polyomavirus
    Crow polyomavirus CPyV Jackdaw NC_007922
  Crow polyomavirus
    Finch polyomavirus FPyV Bullfinch NC_007923
  Finch polyomavirus
    Goose hemorrhagic polyomavirus GHPyV Goose NC_004800
  Goose hemorrhagic polyomavirus
Other viruses with similarities to members of the family Polyomaviridae that have not been assigned to a polyomavirus species
  Athymic rat polyomavirus RatPyV Rat
  Baboon polyomavirus 2 BPyV2 Monkey
  Cynomolgus polyomavirus CyPV Monkey
  Rabbit kidney vacuolating virus RKV Rabbit

HaPyV genome sequence NC_001663 contains an unsequenced segment (represented by sixty “N” residues) in the VP1-encoding region. The verified VP1 sequence in AJ006015 was used to complete the HaPyV genome map