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. 2015 Sep 16;79(4):403–418. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00017-15

TABLE 1.

Summary of the pattern of association between virus envelopes (presence or absence) and hosts (with and without cell wall) among 101 virus familiesa

Host No. of virus families
Nonenveloped Enveloped Total
With cell wall 49 10 59
No cell wall 30 34 64
Total 79 44
a

The S-layer of Archaea has been treated as cell wall. Note that some virus families can infect hosts with and without cell wall and are therefore present in more than one category.