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CHAPTER 2:
     CLASSIFICATION OF
          VIRUSES

                           Prepared by
                    Miss Putri Shareen Rosman
                         Room No:01/24


MIC208 - VIROLOGY
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Content
    1. Naming of viruses
    2. Classification of virus – ICTV, Baltimore
       Classification
    3. Baltimore Classification – 7 classes




    MIC208 - VIROLOGY
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Lesson Outcomes
•   Understands the reasons on naming viruses
•   Briefly discuss the classification of viruses
•   Explain the Baltimore classification
•   Explain the characteristics of RNA and DNA
    viruses that cause human disease.
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Nomenclature of Viruses
Various approaches, (do not obey the binomial
    nomenclature) derived from:

1. Named after the diseases
     eg. Measles virus, smallpox virus

2. Name after the places where the disease first
    reported
    eg. Newcastle disease virus, Ebola virus,
    Norwalk virus, Bunyaviridae

3. Host and signs of disease
   eg. Tobacco mosaic virus, cauliflower mosaic
    virus brome mosaic virus
4. Latin and Greek words
     eg. Coronaviridae – “crown”
         Parvoviridae – “small”

5. Virus discovers
      eg. Epstein-Barr virus

6. How they were originally thought to be contracted
      eg. dengue virus (“evil spirit”), influenza virus
    (the “influence” of bad air)

7. Combinations of the above
      eg. Rous Sarcoma virus
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Examples
Animal virus   Plant virus
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Reasons beyond classification
 Classification of virus been determined by the
  structural and chemical composition of virus
 Are apply to all plant viruses, animal viruses and
  bacterial viruses
 Virus is acellular cell – cannot be categorised
  using taxonomic classification
 It used International Committee on Taxonomy
  of Viruses (ICTV) to classify the viruses
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Before discovery
•   Dermotropic – infected skin cell
•   Neurotrophic – infected nerve cell
•   Viscerotropic – infect organ of digestive tract
•   Pneumotropic – infected respiratory system
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                After discovery
   Type and structure of their nucleic acids
   Methods of replication
   Host range
   Chemical and physical characteristics
Classification
 Viruses are not classified as members of the
  kingdoms
 Do not obey the biological taxonomy
 Generally based on:
  1.     Classical - eg. animal, plant, bacterial virus
         system     - eg. naked or enveloped virus

  2.     Genomic - Baltimore classification

  3.      Serology - classification based on Diagnostic virology
       - eg. Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) of chickens
          (a coronavirus) – 3 different types present, these types have
          significant antigenic differences, but perhaps very little genetic
          or biological difference between these viruses.
Classification of Viruses
               The following criteria are used to classify
               viruses:
1.    Morphology – structure of capsid
                  – presence or absence of envelope
2.    Size of the virion
3.    Type of host/host structures the virus infected
      - Bacteriophages: infect bacterial cells
      - Plant viruses infect plant cells
      - Animal viruses are subgrouped by the tissues
      they attack:
     1. Dermotrophic: if they infect the skin
     2. Neurotrophic: if they infect nerve tissue
4.    Genome composition – DNA / RNA
                         – ds/ss DNA and ds/ss RNA
Classification of Viruses

1.    Taxonomic groups – family, subfamily, genus and
      species
2.    The names of virus families (family) are italicized
      - End in Latin suffix –viridae
3.    The genera (genus) end in the suffix – virus
4.    The species – English common name
Virus taxonomy
Order                 virales            e.g Mononegavirales
Family                viridae            e.g. Orthomyxoviridae       Herpesviridae
Subfamily             virinae            e.g.                        Alphaherpesvirinae
Genus                                    e.g. influenzavirusA                  Simplexvirus
Species                                  e.g. influenza A virus                human
herpesvirus1
Informally:
Type                                     e.g.                        herpes simplex virus
1
Strain                                   e.g. influenza A/PR/8/34    SC16




         In biology, binomial names are used. e.g Rattus rattus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
         In virology, this does not happen:                     Bacteriophage have
                   Tobacco etch potyvirus sounds OK             their own rules
                   Influenza A influenzavirus A does not!
• Viruses are divided into three groups, based on the
  morphology of the nucleocapsid and the arrangement of
  capsomeres.

Symmetry of viruses
•   Arrangement of capsomers in the virus.
•   Two primary shapes of virus is rod and spherical.
•   Rod shaped virus-helical symmetry
•   Spherical virus-icosahedron
Cubic symmetry
Helical symmetry
Symmetry of viruses

• 2- helical symmetry :

The virus particle is elongated or pleomorphic (not
  spherical), and the nucleic acid is spiral. Caposomeres
  are arranged round the nucleic acid.
• 3- complex symmetry:

The virus particle does not confirm either cubic or helical
 symmetry.
Helical symmetry ( influenza & rabies viruses ).
Complex symmetry ( Poxviruses ).
Chapter 2 classification of virus
Baltimore Classification of viruses
•   The division of the viruses into classes based on genome
    type and mode of replication and transcription

•   Suggested by David Baltimore – Seven Baltimore classes.

•   Major groups of viruses are distinguished first by their
    nucleic acid content as either DNA or RNA

•   RNA and DNA viruses can be single-stranded (ssRNA,
    ssDNA) or double-stranded (dsRNA, ssDNA)
7 class of Baltimore classification
Class   Description of genome and          Example of   Example of animal
        replication strategy               bacterial    virus
                                           virus

I       Double stranded DNA genome         Lamda,T4     Herpesvirus, poxvirus

II      Single stranded DNA genome         ØX174        Chicken anemia virus

III     Double stranded RNA genome         Ø6           Reovirus

IV      Single stranded RNA genome plus MS2             Poliovirus
        sense
V       Single stranded RNA genome                      Influenza virus,Rabies
        minus sense                                     virus
VI      Single stranded RNA genome that                 Retrovirus
        replicated with DNA intermediate
VII     Double stranded DNA genome                      Hepatitis B virus
        that replicates with RNA
        intermediate
Class I
• Double-stranded (ds) DNA viruses are in class 1
• The production of mRNA and genome replication in such
  viruses occurs as it would from the host genome.
Class II
• Single-stranded(ss) DNA viruses.
• These viruses form a double stranded DNA intermediate
  during replication and this intermediate used for
  transcription.
• RNA polymerase requires double-stranded DNA as
  template.
Positive and Negative strand RNA viruses

• The production of mRNA and genome replication is
  much different with RNA viruses (Class III-VI).
• mRNA is the complementary base sequence to the
  template strand of DNA.
• In virology, mRNA is said to be plus(+) configuration.
• While its complement is said to be the minus (-)
  configuration.
How does these viruses replicate?
• Cellular RNA polymerases do not catalyze formation of
  RNA from an RNA template but from DNA template.
• RNA viruses whether plus, negative or double stranded
  require a specific RNA-dependant RNA polymerase.
Class IV
• Positive-strand of RNA viruses
• Viral genome is of the plus configuration and hence
  serve directly as mRNA.
• The viruses required other protein, therefore mRNA
  encodes a virus specific and RNA dependent RNA
  polymerase.
• Once synthesized, this polymerase makes
  complementary minus strands of RNA and then use as
  template to make more plus strand.
Class III and Class V

• Class III (double-stranded RNA viruses)
• Class V(negative strand RNA virus)
• mRNA must be first synthesized, however cells does not
  have RNA polymerase.
• To circumvent ,these viruses contain enzyme in the
  virion,enters cell along with the genomic RNA.
• Therefore, in this case complementary plus strand is
  synthesized by RNA dependant RNA polymerase and
  used as mRNA.
• Plus strand used as template to make more negative-
  strand genome.
Class VI
• Single-stranded RNA genome that replicates with DNA
  intermediate.
• This RNA virus require reverse transcriptase to copy the
  information found in RNA to DNA.
Class VII
• Double-stranded DNA genome that replicates with RNA
  intermediate.
• Required reverse transcriptase
• Mechanism producing mRNA is similar in virus Class I
Retroviruses: are enveloped viruses that have two
complete copies of (+) sense RNA. They also contain the
enzyme reverse transcriptase, which uses the viral RNA to
form a complementary strand of DNA, which is then
replicated to form a dsDNA


 retro, latin for
 “backward”
 (Class IV) in Baltimore
 Classification
Ambisense genome

•    A virus genome composed of ssDNA or ssRNA
 that is partly (+) sense and partly (-) sense.
•Example:
- Bunyaviridae ((-) sense RNA) and Arenavirus ((-)
sense RNA)
Baltimore Classification - Advantages

1.   Can classify
     between the (+)
     strand RNA viruses
     that do (Class VI)
     and do not (Class
     IV) undergo
     reverse
     transcription

2.   Can classify
     between the
     dsDNA viruses that
     do (Class VII) and
     do not (Class I)
     carry out reverse
     transcription
General Properties of RNA Viruses
 Many ssRNA viruses contain positive (+) sense RNA,
  and during an infection acts like mRNA and can be
  translated by host’s ribosomes.

 Other ssRNA viruses have negative (-) sense RNA and
  the RNA acts as a template during transcription to
  make a complementary (+) sense mRNA.

 Negative (-) sense RNA must carry a RNA polymerase
                      RNA dependent RNA polymerase –
  within the virion.   Class III, IV and V


 RNA viruses must either carry enzymes or have genes
  for those enzymes in order to copy RNA genomes after
  infecting a host cell
RNA VIRUSES




              From Principles of Virology
              Flint et al., ASM Press
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RNA viruses (+ve sense)
•   Picornaviridae
•   Togaviridae
•   Flaviviridae
•   Retroviridae
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RNA viruses (-ve sense)
•   Paramyxoviridae
•   Rhabdoviridae
•   Orthomyxoviridae
•   Filoviridae
•   Bunyaviridae
•   Reoviridae (double-stranded)
DNA VIRUSES




              From Principles of Virology
              Flint et al., ASM Press
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DNA viruses
Double – stranded
Adenoviridae
Herpesviridae
Poxviridae
Papovaviridae
Hepadnaviridae
Single – stranded
oParvoridae
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Chapter 2 classification of virus

  • 1. CHAPTER 2: CLASSIFICATION OF VIRUSES Prepared by Miss Putri Shareen Rosman Room No:01/24 MIC208 - VIROLOGY 1
  • 2. Content 1. Naming of viruses 2. Classification of virus – ICTV, Baltimore Classification 3. Baltimore Classification – 7 classes MIC208 - VIROLOGY 2
  • 3. Lesson Outcomes • Understands the reasons on naming viruses • Briefly discuss the classification of viruses • Explain the Baltimore classification • Explain the characteristics of RNA and DNA viruses that cause human disease.
  • 5. Nomenclature of Viruses Various approaches, (do not obey the binomial nomenclature) derived from: 1. Named after the diseases eg. Measles virus, smallpox virus 2. Name after the places where the disease first reported eg. Newcastle disease virus, Ebola virus, Norwalk virus, Bunyaviridae 3. Host and signs of disease eg. Tobacco mosaic virus, cauliflower mosaic virus brome mosaic virus
  • 6. 4. Latin and Greek words eg. Coronaviridae – “crown” Parvoviridae – “small” 5. Virus discovers eg. Epstein-Barr virus 6. How they were originally thought to be contracted eg. dengue virus (“evil spirit”), influenza virus (the “influence” of bad air) 7. Combinations of the above eg. Rous Sarcoma virus
  • 7. 7 MIC208 - VIROLOGY Examples Animal virus Plant virus
  • 9. 9 MIC208 - VIROLOGY Reasons beyond classification  Classification of virus been determined by the structural and chemical composition of virus  Are apply to all plant viruses, animal viruses and bacterial viruses  Virus is acellular cell – cannot be categorised using taxonomic classification  It used International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) to classify the viruses
  • 10. 10 MIC208 - VIROLOGY Before discovery • Dermotropic – infected skin cell • Neurotrophic – infected nerve cell • Viscerotropic – infect organ of digestive tract • Pneumotropic – infected respiratory system
  • 11. 11 MIC208 - VIROLOGY After discovery  Type and structure of their nucleic acids  Methods of replication  Host range  Chemical and physical characteristics
  • 12. Classification  Viruses are not classified as members of the kingdoms  Do not obey the biological taxonomy  Generally based on: 1. Classical - eg. animal, plant, bacterial virus system - eg. naked or enveloped virus 2. Genomic - Baltimore classification 3. Serology - classification based on Diagnostic virology - eg. Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) of chickens (a coronavirus) – 3 different types present, these types have significant antigenic differences, but perhaps very little genetic or biological difference between these viruses.
  • 13. Classification of Viruses The following criteria are used to classify viruses: 1. Morphology – structure of capsid – presence or absence of envelope 2. Size of the virion 3. Type of host/host structures the virus infected - Bacteriophages: infect bacterial cells - Plant viruses infect plant cells - Animal viruses are subgrouped by the tissues they attack: 1. Dermotrophic: if they infect the skin 2. Neurotrophic: if they infect nerve tissue 4. Genome composition – DNA / RNA – ds/ss DNA and ds/ss RNA
  • 14. Classification of Viruses 1. Taxonomic groups – family, subfamily, genus and species 2. The names of virus families (family) are italicized - End in Latin suffix –viridae 3. The genera (genus) end in the suffix – virus 4. The species – English common name
  • 15. Virus taxonomy Order virales e.g Mononegavirales Family viridae e.g. Orthomyxoviridae Herpesviridae Subfamily virinae e.g. Alphaherpesvirinae Genus e.g. influenzavirusA Simplexvirus Species e.g. influenza A virus human herpesvirus1 Informally: Type e.g. herpes simplex virus 1 Strain e.g. influenza A/PR/8/34 SC16 In biology, binomial names are used. e.g Rattus rattus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae In virology, this does not happen: Bacteriophage have Tobacco etch potyvirus sounds OK their own rules Influenza A influenzavirus A does not!
  • 16. • Viruses are divided into three groups, based on the morphology of the nucleocapsid and the arrangement of capsomeres. Symmetry of viruses • Arrangement of capsomers in the virus. • Two primary shapes of virus is rod and spherical. • Rod shaped virus-helical symmetry • Spherical virus-icosahedron
  • 19. Symmetry of viruses • 2- helical symmetry : The virus particle is elongated or pleomorphic (not spherical), and the nucleic acid is spiral. Caposomeres are arranged round the nucleic acid. • 3- complex symmetry: The virus particle does not confirm either cubic or helical symmetry.
  • 20. Helical symmetry ( influenza & rabies viruses ).
  • 21. Complex symmetry ( Poxviruses ).
  • 23. Baltimore Classification of viruses • The division of the viruses into classes based on genome type and mode of replication and transcription • Suggested by David Baltimore – Seven Baltimore classes. • Major groups of viruses are distinguished first by their nucleic acid content as either DNA or RNA • RNA and DNA viruses can be single-stranded (ssRNA, ssDNA) or double-stranded (dsRNA, ssDNA)
  • 24. 7 class of Baltimore classification Class Description of genome and Example of Example of animal replication strategy bacterial virus virus I Double stranded DNA genome Lamda,T4 Herpesvirus, poxvirus II Single stranded DNA genome ØX174 Chicken anemia virus III Double stranded RNA genome Ø6 Reovirus IV Single stranded RNA genome plus MS2 Poliovirus sense V Single stranded RNA genome Influenza virus,Rabies minus sense virus VI Single stranded RNA genome that Retrovirus replicated with DNA intermediate VII Double stranded DNA genome Hepatitis B virus that replicates with RNA intermediate
  • 25. Class I • Double-stranded (ds) DNA viruses are in class 1 • The production of mRNA and genome replication in such viruses occurs as it would from the host genome. Class II • Single-stranded(ss) DNA viruses. • These viruses form a double stranded DNA intermediate during replication and this intermediate used for transcription. • RNA polymerase requires double-stranded DNA as template.
  • 26. Positive and Negative strand RNA viruses • The production of mRNA and genome replication is much different with RNA viruses (Class III-VI). • mRNA is the complementary base sequence to the template strand of DNA. • In virology, mRNA is said to be plus(+) configuration. • While its complement is said to be the minus (-) configuration.
  • 27. How does these viruses replicate? • Cellular RNA polymerases do not catalyze formation of RNA from an RNA template but from DNA template. • RNA viruses whether plus, negative or double stranded require a specific RNA-dependant RNA polymerase. Class IV • Positive-strand of RNA viruses • Viral genome is of the plus configuration and hence serve directly as mRNA. • The viruses required other protein, therefore mRNA encodes a virus specific and RNA dependent RNA polymerase. • Once synthesized, this polymerase makes complementary minus strands of RNA and then use as template to make more plus strand.
  • 28. Class III and Class V • Class III (double-stranded RNA viruses) • Class V(negative strand RNA virus) • mRNA must be first synthesized, however cells does not have RNA polymerase. • To circumvent ,these viruses contain enzyme in the virion,enters cell along with the genomic RNA. • Therefore, in this case complementary plus strand is synthesized by RNA dependant RNA polymerase and used as mRNA. • Plus strand used as template to make more negative- strand genome.
  • 29. Class VI • Single-stranded RNA genome that replicates with DNA intermediate. • This RNA virus require reverse transcriptase to copy the information found in RNA to DNA. Class VII • Double-stranded DNA genome that replicates with RNA intermediate. • Required reverse transcriptase • Mechanism producing mRNA is similar in virus Class I
  • 30. Retroviruses: are enveloped viruses that have two complete copies of (+) sense RNA. They also contain the enzyme reverse transcriptase, which uses the viral RNA to form a complementary strand of DNA, which is then replicated to form a dsDNA retro, latin for “backward” (Class IV) in Baltimore Classification
  • 31. Ambisense genome • A virus genome composed of ssDNA or ssRNA that is partly (+) sense and partly (-) sense. •Example: - Bunyaviridae ((-) sense RNA) and Arenavirus ((-) sense RNA)
  • 32. Baltimore Classification - Advantages 1. Can classify between the (+) strand RNA viruses that do (Class VI) and do not (Class IV) undergo reverse transcription 2. Can classify between the dsDNA viruses that do (Class VII) and do not (Class I) carry out reverse transcription
  • 33. General Properties of RNA Viruses  Many ssRNA viruses contain positive (+) sense RNA, and during an infection acts like mRNA and can be translated by host’s ribosomes.  Other ssRNA viruses have negative (-) sense RNA and the RNA acts as a template during transcription to make a complementary (+) sense mRNA.  Negative (-) sense RNA must carry a RNA polymerase RNA dependent RNA polymerase – within the virion. Class III, IV and V  RNA viruses must either carry enzymes or have genes for those enzymes in order to copy RNA genomes after infecting a host cell
  • 34. RNA VIRUSES From Principles of Virology Flint et al., ASM Press
  • 35. 35 MIC208 - VIROLOGY RNA viruses (+ve sense) • Picornaviridae • Togaviridae • Flaviviridae • Retroviridae
  • 36. 36 MIC208 - VIROLOGY RNA viruses (-ve sense) • Paramyxoviridae • Rhabdoviridae • Orthomyxoviridae • Filoviridae • Bunyaviridae • Reoviridae (double-stranded)
  • 37. DNA VIRUSES From Principles of Virology Flint et al., ASM Press
  • 38. 38 MIC208 - VIROLOGY DNA viruses Double – stranded Adenoviridae Herpesviridae Poxviridae Papovaviridae Hepadnaviridae Single – stranded oParvoridae