Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Barnaviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1993; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference: PMID: 8030251

from bacilliform-shaped virus and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the morphology of virions and the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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