Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Inoviridae Proposal: Ratification_1978.pdf ICTV Report: Inoviridae Reference: PMID: 6130119

from the Ancient Greek ἰνός (inos), meaning a "fiber", referring to the virion morhology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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