Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Portogloboviridae; Proposal: 2017.002B.A.v2.Portogloboviridae; : ; ICTV Report: Portogloboviridae; Reference:

from the Latin portare, meaning ‘to carry’ and globus, meaning ‘a ball’, referring to the round shape of the nucleoprotein virion core of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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