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Coronaviridae

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Coronaviridae
Coronavirus
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Virus classification e
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Phylum: incertae sedis
Order: Nidovirales
Suborder: Cornidovirineae
Faimily: Coronaviridae
Subfaimilies an genera

Coronaviridae is a faimily o envelopit, positive-sense, single-straundit RNA viruses. The viral genome is 26–32 kilobases in lenth. The pairticles are teepically decoratit wi muckle (~20 nm), club- or petal-shapit surface projections (the "peplomers" or "spikes"), which in electron micrographs o spherical pairticles create an image reminiscent o the solar corona.

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