Taxon Details

Taxon name: Guttaviridae

from the Latin gutta, meaning "drop", referring to the droplet-shaped virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Guttaviridae Created in Proposal: 2003.Bxxx.Prokaryote.pdf Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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