Taxon Etymology

Etymology: from sobemovirus-like; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the dinoflagellate host ( Heterocapsa circularisquama, a member of the Alveolata) and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the ssRNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from bacilliform-shaped virus and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the morphology of virions and the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Sobemovirus (from Southern bean mosaic virus) and Polemovirus (from potato leafroll virus), two genera in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the names of the founding orders (Stellavirales, Patatavirales); the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from Hypoviridae and Fusarviridae, referring to two families in the order; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa

Etymology: from Fusarium graminearum, the host of the first virus characterized in this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from hypovirulence, referring to the fact that some members of the family can induce hypovirulence to host fungi; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek παρά (para), meaning "beside" and Hypoviridae, a sister taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Italian patata meaning "potato", referencing potato virus Y, a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from poty-like , referring to the distant relationship to members of the family Potyviridae, in particular to viruses belonging to the genus Potyvirus; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from potato virus Y, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin stella, meaning "star", referrring to astroviruses, which are included in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Greek astron, meaning "star", referring to the star-like appearance of spikes projecting from the surface of virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Japanese yadokari (やどかり, 宿借), meaning “room borrower", referring to the the lifestyle (hetero-encapsidation) of yadokariviruses; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Japanese yadokari (やどかり, 宿借), meaning “room borrower", referring to the lifestyle (hetero-encapsidation) of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Finnish orpo meaning orphan; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from ormycovirus and the letter B, randomly selected; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and ormycovirus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: fom the fourth Greek letter delta, the Finnish orpo, meaning “orphan” and the Greek mýkēs (myco), meaning “fungi”; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from ormycovirus and the letter F, randomly selected; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta), the second letter of the Greek alphabet, and ormycovirus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: om the Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma), the third letter of the Greek alphabet, and ormycovirus ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin bi meaning “two”, and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the bisegmented nature of the genome, and the presence of dsRNA, in viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin permutare, meaninmg "to change thoroughly" and the Ancient Greek τετρα (tetra), the Greek cardinal 4, referring to the type of RdRP (replicase) whose active site is permuted and the T=4 capsid architecture of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Greek παρά (pará), meaning "besides" or "next to", and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the second kingdom in the realm Riboviria ; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa

Etymology: from reverse transcriptase when read backwards, referring to the mode of genome replication of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

Etymology: from reverse transcriptase, referring to the mode of genome replication of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: to honour Barry Blumberg for his role in hepatitis B research; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Greek hepar, meaning “liver” and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the infection of liver tissues and the deoxyribonucleic acid genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from orter, an inversion of retro, which stands for reverse transcription, referring to the mode of genome replication of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from Drosophila melanogaster Bel virus and the Bombyx mori Pao virus, two members of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from cauliflower mosaic virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the late Latin metathesis, meaning “transposition”, referring to the family of retrotransposons; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudes), meaning "false", referring to an evolutionary relationship of family members to viruses with extracellular virions, although they themselves have no extracellular phase; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin retro, meaning “backwards”, referring to the activity of reverse transcriptase which transfers genetic information from RNA “back” to DNA during replication of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa