Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Polyomaviridae; Proposal: ICTV 1st Report; : ; ICTV Report: Polyomaviridae; Reference: PMID: 26923930

from the English prefix poly- (Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) meaning “many”) and thre Greek suffix -oma, used to form nouns denoting “tumours”, referring to the association of some viruses in the family with cancers; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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