Taxon Details

Taxon name: Steigviridae

from the Irish stéig, meaning "intestine", signifying that members of the family are highly abundant in mammalian gut, particularly, in humans; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2021.022B.R.Crassvirales.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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