Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Polintoviricetes; Proposal: 2020.003D.R.Adintoviridae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from the initial naming of adintoviruses as polinton “transposons", referring to the type B DNA polymerase (PolB) and retrovirus-like integrase genes encoded by members of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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