Taxon Details

Taxon name: Kitaviridae

to honour the Brazilian plant virologist, Elliot Watanabe Kitajima, who contributed to the discovery of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Kitaviridae Created in Proposal: 2018.002P.A.Kitaviridae.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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