Taxon name: Mimiviridae
from microbe mimicking because the large particle size of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2005.004F.04.Mimiviridae.pdf Reference:
from microbe mimicking because the large particle size of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2005.004F.04.Mimiviridae.pdf Reference: