History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Mesyanzhinovviridae; Proposal: 2021.051B.R.Mesyanzhinovviridae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

to honour the Russian scientist Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, for his research on the mechanisms of protein folding and assembly, and structural genomics; the suffix -viridae for family taxa