Taxon Details

Taxon name: Vertoviridae

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

ICTV Report: Vertoviridae Proposal: 2021.001A.R.Archaeal_Caudoviricetes.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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