| Bracovirus | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Viriform |
| Family: | Polydnaviriformidae |
| Genus: | Bracoviriform |
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Bracoviriform
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Bracovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Polydnaviridae. Bracoviruses are an ancient symbiotic virus contained in parasitic braconid wasps that evolved from the nudivirus approximately 190 million years ago and has been evolving for at least 100 million years.[1] It is one of two genera belonging to the Polydnaviridae family, with Ichnovirus being the other genus. There are 32 species in this genus.[2][3]
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- ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2022 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.