Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Pospiviroidae; Proposal: Ratification 1998; ICTV Report: Pospiviroidae; Reference: PMID: 9572562

from potato spindle tuber viroid, a member of the family; the suffix -viroidae for viroid family taxa is used for these infectious agents, consisting only of naked RNA

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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