Taxon Details

Taxon name: Mamonoviridae

from the Japanese mamono (魔物), meaning “monster”, referring to the term "giant" used to describe the genome and virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2022.005F.Mamonoviridae_newfam.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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