Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Tolecusatellitidae; Proposal: 2016.021a-kP.A.v2.Tolecusatellitidae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from tomato leaf curl virus satellite, the first DNA satellite shown to be associated with geminiviruses and the Latin satellit, meaning "attendent", for families that are dependent upon a helper virus to spread. The suffix -satelittidae is used for satelitte family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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