(See text) Betasatellite is a genus of family Tolecusatellitidae containing 119 species.

[1] The name Betasatellite is a combination of Beta, because they used to be referred to as DNA-β to distinguish them from DNA-B of Begomovirus, and satellite, the fact that it is a satellite.

[2] The species are ssDNA unless specified ssDNA(+).

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