Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Wolframvirales Proposal: 2019.006G.zip ICTV Report: Reference:

from the chemical element wolfram, (also known as tungsten, abbreviation&colon; W), referring to the discovery of Saccharomyces 20S RNA narnavirus by sequencing "W dsRNA" of Saccharomyces cerevisiae; the suffix -virales for order taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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