Taxon Details

Taxon name: Speroviridae

from the Latin spero, meaning "hope", green (the colour of hope) referring to the green F420 autofluorescence of methanogenic archaea that host Methanobacterium virus C158, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2022.004A.Caudoviricetes_3nf.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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