Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Duplornaviricota Proposal: 2019.006G.zip ICTV Report: Reference:

from the Italian duplo meaning "double" and RNA for ribonucleic acid, a reference to viruses in this phylum having double-stranded RNA genomes; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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