Taxon Details

Taxon name: Megabirnaviridae

from the Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), meaning “great", and Birnaviridae, referring to the size of the bisegmented dsRNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Megabirnaviridae Created in Proposal: 2010.002a-gF.A.v1.Megabirnaviridae.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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