Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Plasmaviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1978; : ; ICTV Report: Plasmaviridae; Reference: PMID: 2982026

from the Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma), meaning “something formed”, referring to the plastic virion shape of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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