Herpesvirales
Virus classification
Group:	Group I (dsDNA)
Order:	Herpesvirales
Families
Herpesviridae Alloherpesviridae Malacoherpesviridae

The Herpesvirales is an order of viruses, sharing the same overall morphology, in which a large linear dsDNA genome is contained within at T=16 capsid, which is surrounded by a proteinaceous tegument and then by a lipid envelope containing a variety of membrane-associated proteins.

Herpesvirales order node was created in 2008 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.

[edit] External links

• ICTV accepted proposal