Taxon Details

Taxon name: Thumleimavirales

from Thumleima, the goddess and the female personification of salt, and natural salt brines in Meitei mythology, referring to the haloarchaeal hosts of viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2021.001A.R.Archaeal_Caudoviricetes.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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