Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Circoviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1993; : ; ICTV Report: Circoviridae; Reference: PMID: 8494519

from the Latin circulos meaning "small ring", referring to the circular ssDNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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