Table 2.
Genome size and consensus terminal nucleotides of HEBV, TAIV, and KIBV compared to established genera of the family Bunyaviridae
| Genus and virus | Consensus terminal nucleotidesa | Genome size (nt) | Segment size (nt) (GenBank accession no.) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | L | |||
| Hantavirus | |||||
| Hantaan virus | 3′-AUCAUCAUCUG | 11,845 | 1,696 (M14626) | 3,616 (M14627) | 6,533 (X55901) |
| 5′-UAGUAGUAUGC | |||||
| Nairovirus | |||||
| Dugbe virus | 3′-AGAGUUUCU | 18,855 | 1,712 (M25150) | 4,888 (M94133) | 12,255 (U15018) |
| 5′-UCUCAAAGA | |||||
| Tospovirus | |||||
| Tomato spotted wilt virus | 3′-UCUCGUUA | 16,634 | 2,916 (D00645) | 4,821 (S48091) | 8,897 (D10066) |
| 5′-AGAGCAAU | |||||
| Phlebovirus | |||||
| Rift Valley fever virus | 3′-UGUGUUUC | 11,979 | 1,690 (X53771) | 3,885 (M11157) | 6,404 (X56464) |
| 5′-ACACAAAG | |||||
| Unassigned | |||||
| Gouléako virus | 3′-UGUGU | 10,633 | 1,087 (HQ541736) | 3,188 (HQ541737) | 6,358 (HQ541738) |
| 5′-ACACA | |||||
| Orthobunyavirus | |||||
| Bunyamwera virus | 3′-UCAUCACAUG | 12,294 | 961 (D00353) | 4,458 (M11852) | 6,875 (X14383) |
| 5′-AGUAGUGUGC | |||||
| Unassigned | |||||
| Herbert virus | |||||
| S | 3′-UCAUCACACG | 11,202 | 1,090 | 2,684 | 7,428 |
| 5′-AGUAGUGCAC | |||||
| M | 3′-UCAUCACACG | ||||
| 5′-AGUAGUGCAC | |||||
| L | 3′-UCAUCACACG | ||||
| 5′-AGUAGUGUGC | |||||
| Kibale virus | |||||
| S | 3′-UCAUCACACG | 11,322 | 1,212 | 2,683 | 7,427 |
| 5′-AGUAGUGCAC | |||||
| M | 3′-UCAUCACACG | ||||
| 5′-AGUAGUGCAC | |||||
| L | 3′-UCAUCACACG | ||||
| 5′-AGUAGUGCAC | |||||
| Tai virus | |||||
| S | 3′-UCAUCACGUG | 11,728 | 1,156 | 3,118 | 7,454 |
| 5′-AGUAGUGCAC | |||||
| M | 3′-UCAUCACGUG | ||||
| 5′-AGUAGUGCAC | |||||
| L | 3′-UCAUCACGUG | ||||
| 5′-AGUAGUGUGC | |||||
a
Boldface type indicates conserved terminal nucleotides.