History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Bacilladnaviridae; Proposal: 2017.001F.A.v1.Bacilladnaviridae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from Bacillariophytes, the name of the host of viruses in the genus Bacilladnavirus and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid,; the suffix -viridae for family taxa