History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Bacilladnaviridae Proposal: 2017.001F.A.v1.Bacilladnaviridae.zip  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