Taxon Details

Taxon name: Picornavirales

from Picornaviridae (itself from the Spanish pico, meaning "small"or "sharp") and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the size of the RNA genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2005.200-2G.04.Picornavirales.pdf Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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