Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Tolecusatellitidae; Proposal: 2016.021a-kP.A.v2.Tolecusatellitidae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from tomato leaf curl virus satellite, the first DNA satellite shown to be associated with geminiviruses and the Latin satellit, meaning "attendent", referring to mobile genetic elements that are dependent upon a helper virus to spread. The suffix -satellitidae is used for satellite family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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