Taxon Details

Taxon name: Mitoviridae

from the Greek mitos, meaning "thread", referring to replication of viruses in the family in the mitochondria of host fungi; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2019.006G.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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