Taxon Details

Taxon name: Grimontviridae

to honour the French microbiologist Francine Grimont for her extensive study of phages, particularly the C3 morphotype viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2022.035B.Grimontviridae_nf.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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