History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Bidnaviridae; Proposal: 2010.021a-gV.A.v1.Bidnaviridae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from the Latin bi meaning "two" and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the segmented ssDNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa