Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Dicistroviridae; Proposal: Ratification 2002a; : ; ICTV Report: Dicistroviridae; Reference: PMID: 6659369

from the Greek di-, meaning "two" and cistron, a genetic unit, referring to the characteristic dicistronic arrangement of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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