Taxon Details

Taxon name: Colingsworthviridae

to honour Donald R. Colingsworth, an American industrial microbiologist and the first person to isolate a Streptomyces phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2024.008B.Colingsworthviridae_1nf_4ng_3mg_8ns.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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