Boosepivirus

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The genus Boosepivirus contains three genera, Boosepivirus atauri, Boosepivirus bebovi and Boosepivirus ceovis.

Species demarcation criteria:

Members of a species of the proposed genus Boosepivirus:

- are less than 30% divergent in polyprotein aa sequence,
- are less than 40% divergent in P1 aa sequence,
- are less than 35% divergent in 2C+3CD aa sequence,
- share a common genome organization,

Origin of name:

boosepivirus: derived from bovine, ovine sapelo-entero-like picornavirus