Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Microviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1978; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference: PMID: 22808158

from the Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós), meaning "small", referring to the size of the genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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