Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Mamonoviridae; Proposal: 2022.005F.Mamonoviridae_newfam; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from the Japanese mamono (魔物), meaning “monster”, referring to the term "giant" used to describe the genome and virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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