Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Pleolipoviridae; Proposal: 2015.042a-oB.A.v3.Pleolipoviridae; : ; ICTV Report: Pleolipoviridae; Reference:

from the Ancient Greek πλεῖον (pleo), meaning "many", and λῐ́πος (lípos), meaning “animal fat”, referring to the pleomorphic shape and presence of an envelope in virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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