Taxon Details

Taxon name: Graaviviridae

from the Finnish graavi, meaning raw cooking of fish with salt, referring to the hyperhalophilic archaeal hosts of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Graaviviridae Created in Proposal: 2021.001A.R.Archaeal_Caudoviricetes.zip - 2021.042M.R.Corrections_Riboviria_Duplodnaviria.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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