Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Nanoviridae; Proposal: Ratification 2002a; : ; ICTV Report: Nanoviridae; Reference: PMID: 14741122

from the Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nanos), meaning "dwarf", referring to the small genome of viruses in the family and their stunting effect on infected plants; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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