Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Gammaflexiviridae; Proposal: 2007.024-026P.v2.Gammaflexiviridae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from the Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma), the third letter of the Greeerk alphabet, and flexi, referring to the third family created from the division of the old family Flexiviridae, a group of filamentous and highly flexible viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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