Taxon Details

Taxon name: Nudiviridae

from the Latin nudus, meaning "naked", part of a previously used name nudibaculovirus, describing viruses with rod-shaped nucleocapsids lacking a protein matrix such as polyhedrin or granulin; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Nudiviridae Created in Proposal: 2013.003a-kI.A.v1.Nudiviridae.pdf Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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