Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Tristromaviridae; Proposal: 2016.064a-jB.A.v2.Tristromaviridae; : ; ICTV Report: Tristromaviridae; Reference:

from the Ancient Greek τρι- (tria) meaning "three" and στρῶμα (stroma), meaning "layer", referring to a virion tripartite shell consisting of two protein layers and an external envelope; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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