Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Astroviridae Proposal: ICTV 6th Report.pdf ICTV Report: Astroviridae Reference: PMID: 15802951

from the Greek astron, meaning "star", referring to the star-like appearance of spikes projecting from the surface of virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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