Taxon Details

Taxon name: Closteroviridae

phonetically from the Greek kloster, meaning "spindle" or "thread" referring to the virion morhology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Closteroviridae Proposal: Ratification_1996.pdf Reference: PMID: 393100

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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