Taxon Details

family: Chrysoviridae (release 2022, MSL 38)

Etymology: from the Greek chrysós meaning “gold”, derived from the specific epithet of Penicillium chrysogenum, the fungal host of Penicillium chrysogenum virus, a member of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Created in Proposal: Ratification_2002a.pdf PubMed ID: 5191625
Report Chapter: Chrysoviridae

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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