Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Picobirnaviridae; Proposal: 2005.216-22V.04.Picobirna; : ; ICTV Report: Picobirnaviridae; Reference:

from the Greek pico, meaning “small”, the Latin prefix bi, meaning “two” and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the bisegmented dsRNA viral genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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