Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Polydnaviriformidae; Proposal: 2021.006D.R.Polydnaviriformidae_1renfam_3rensp; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from the Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), meaning “many" and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the multiple segments of dsDNA genomes of agents in the family; the suffix -viriformidae is used for viriform family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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