Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Ambiviricota; Proposal: 2023.007F.Ambiviricota_nphy; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from ambivirus(es), referring to the non-overlapping ambisense orientation of open reading frames in the genome of members of the taxon; the suffix ‑viricota for phylum taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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