Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Halomagnusviridae; Proposal: 2021.001A.R.Archaeal_Caudoviricetes; : ; ICTV Report: Halomagnusviridae; Reference:

from the Greek prefix halo, meaning "salt", and the Latin magnus meaning "large", referring to the fact that Halogranum tailed virus 1 has by far the largest genome among known haloarchaeal viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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