Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Discoviridae; Proposal: 2021.040M.R.Bunyavirales_2nfam_2ngen_6nsp; : ; ICTV Report: Discoviridae; Reference:

from DiscVir, the name of the software used to discover some viruses of this family and addition of the vowel o; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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