History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Vertoviridae; Proposal: 2021.001A.R.Archaeal_Caudoviricetes; : ; ICTV Report: Vertoviridae; Reference:
from the Latin verto, meaning "invert", referring to the invertible tail fiber locus characterized in genomes of viruses of this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa