Group Virus Short name Genome size (kb) Mutation rate (s/n/c) Fraction of indels Mutational target size Cell infection cycles Selection correction factor Estimate relability Original publications Positive stranded RNA Bacteriophage Qbeta Qbeta 4.22 1.1E-03 - 1 1 to 10 - - Batschelet et al. 1976 Positive stranded RNA Tobacco mosaic virus TMV 6.4 8.7E-06 0.4 723 5.7 1 + Malpica et al. 2002 Positive stranded RNA Human rhinovirus 14 HRV-14 7.13 4.8E-04 - - - - - Wang et al. 1998 Positive stranded RNA Human rhinovirus 14 HRV-14 (ii) 7.13 1.0E-05 - 12 - - - Heinz et al. 1989 Positive stranded RNA Poliovirus 1 PV-1 7.44 2.2E-05 - 1 2.8 to 4.6 ca. 1 + de la Torre et al. 1992 Positive stranded RNA Poliovirus 1 PV-1 (ii) 7.44 1.1E-04 - 4 2.1 - + de la Torre et al. 1990 Positive stranded RNA Poliovirus 1 PV-1 (iii) 7.44 3.0E-04 - 8463 3 0.28 + Vignuzzi et al. 2006 Positive stranded RNA Tobacco etch virus TEV 9.49 3.0E-05 - 4890 - - - Sanjuán et al. 2009 Positive stranded RNA Tobacco etch virus TEV (i) 9.49 4.8E-06 0.32 4357 16 to 190 1 + Tromas et al. 2010 Positive stranded RNA Hepatitis C virus HCV 9.65 1.2E-04 - 113 - - - Cuevas et al. 2009 Positive stranded RNA Murine hepatitis virus MHV 31.4 3.5E-06 - 20163 13 0.55 - Eckerle et al. 2007 Negative stranded RNA Vesicular stomatitis virus VSV 11.2 6.9E-05 - 2 3.0 to 6.4 - - Holland et al. 1989 Negative stranded RNA Vesicular stomatitis virus VSV (ii) 11.2 1.8E-05 - 6 less than 1 - + Furió et al. 2005 Negative stranded RNA Influenza A virus FLUVA 13.6 4.5E-05 - 2547 5 0.33 + Nobusawa & Sato 2006 Negative stranded RNA Influenza A virus FLUVA (ii) 13.6 7.1E-06 - 2547 7 0.28 + Parvin et al. 1986 Negative stranded RNA Influenza A virus FLUVA (iii) 13.6 3.9E-05 - 4 17 ca. 1 + Stech et al. 1999 Negative stranded RNA Influenza B virus FLUVB 14.5 1.7E-06 - 2547 7 0.33 + Nobusawa & Sato 2006 Double stranded RNA Bacteriophage phi6 phi6 13.4 1.6E-06 - ca. 5.6 1 - + Chao et al. 2002 Reverse transcribing Duck hepatitis B virus DHBV 3.03 2.0E-05 - 1 - - - Pult et al. 2001 Reverse transcribing Spleen necrosis virus SNV 7.8 2.4E-05 0.25 20 1 1 + Pathak & Temin 1990 Reverse transcribing Spleen necrosis virus SNV (ii) 7.8 5.8E-05 - 1 1 1 + Dougherty & Temin 1988 Reverse transcribing Murine leukaemia virus MLV 8.33 6.0E-06 - 1 1 1 + Varela-Echevarria et al. 1992 Reverse transcribing Murine leukaemia virus MLV (ii) 8.33 4.2E-05 - 4140 1 0.48 + Monk et al. 1992 Reverse transcribing Murine leukaemia virus MLV (iii) 8.33 1.1E-04 0.27 76 1 1 + Parthasarathi et al. 1995 Reverse transcribing Bovine leukaemia virus BLV 8.42 1.7E-05 0.12 20 1 1 + Mansky & Temin 1994 Reverse transcribing Human T-cell leukaemia virus HTLV-1 8.5 1.6E-05 0.1 20 1 1 + Mansky 2000 Reverse transcribing Human immunodeficiency virus 1 HIV-1 9.18 4.9E-05 0.18 20 to 219 1 1 + Mansky & Temin 1995 Mansky et al. 2000 Mansky & Bernard 2000 Reverse transcribing Human immunodeficiency virus 1 HIV-1 (ii) 9.18 1.0E-04 0.35 25295 1 - - Gao et al. 2004 Reverse transcribing Human immunodeficiency virus 1 HIV-1 (iii) 9.18 8.7E-05 0.07 76 1 1 + Huang & Wooley 2005 Reverse transcribing Human immunodeficiency virus 1 HIV-1 (iv) 9.18 7.3E-07 - 7 1 1 + Laasko & Sutton 2006 Reverse transcribing Human immunodeficiency virus 1 HIV-1 (v) 9.18 7.3E-07 0.03 17 1 1 + Abram et al. 2010 Reverse transcribing Rous sarcoma virus RSV 9.4 1.4E-04 - 3375 1 - - Leider et al. 1988 Reverse transcribing Foamy virus FV 13.2 1.4E-04 0.03 ca. 2200 1 1 + Gärtner et al. 2009 Single stranded DNA Bacteriophage phiX174 phiX174 5.39 1.3E-06 - 12 3.3 - + Raney et al. 2004 Single stranded DNA Bacteriophage phiX174 phiX174 (ii) 5.39 1.0E-06 - 7 1.4 - + Cuevas et al. 2009 Single stranded DNA Bacteriophage m13 m13 6.41 7.9E-07 0.19 219 5.8 1 + Kunkel 1985 Double stranded DNA Bacteriophage lambda lambda 48.5 5.4E-07 0.2 38 - 1 + Drake 1991 Double stranded DNA Herpes simplex virus HSV-1 152 5.9E-08 0.17 76 3 1 + Drake & Hwang 2005 Double stranded DNA Bacteriophage T2 T2 169 9.8E-08 0.37 1576 1 ca. 1 + Luria 1951