Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Sphaerolipoviridae; Proposal: 2013.001a-oB.A.v4.Sphaerolipoviridae; : ; ICTV Report: Sphaerolipoviridae; Reference:

from the Latin sphaera, meaning “sphere” and the Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos), meaning “fat”, referring to virion morhology and the internal protein-rich membrane vesicle of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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