Taxon Etymology

Etymology: from the genus Benyvirus, which is derived from beet necrotic yellow vein virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

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

Etymology: to honour the physician George Maton who first distinguished rubella from measles and scarlet fever; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Greek myco, meaning fungus, and alpha-like virus (denoting the host and type of genomic organization); the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: to honour G. P. Martelli, a pioneer in closterovirid research; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from Brome mosaic disease and also from Bromus, the host genus of brome mosaic virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: phonetically from the Greek kloster, meaning "spindle" or "thread" referring to the virion morhology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek ἔνδον (endon) meaning "within" and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the dsRNA genomes or "endogenous dsRNAs" of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: to honour the Brazilian plant virologist, Elliot Watanabe Kitajima, who contributed to the discovery of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: to honour the British plant virologist Michael A Mayo, past Life Member of the ICTV; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from tobamo-like, referring to the similarities in genome organization and possible expression strategy with tobamoviruses (family Virgaviridae); the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin toga, meaning “cloak”, possibly referring to the enveloped virion of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin virga, meaning "rod", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from turnip yellow mosaic virus, a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and flexi, referring to the first family created from the division of the old family Flexiviridae, a group of filamentous and highly flexible viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta), the second letter of the Greek alphabet, and flexi, referring to the second family created from the division of the old family Flexiviridae, a group of filamentous and highly flexible viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, and flexi, referring to the fourth family created from the division of the old family Flexiviridae, a group of filamentous and highly flexible viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma), the third letter of the Greek alphabet, and flexi, referring to the third family created from the division of the old family Flexiviridae, a group of filamentous and highly flexible viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

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

Etymology: from flavivirus supergroup, referring to a historical name for some members of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from the Spanish amarillo, meaning "yellow", a reference to yellow fever virus, a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Latin flavus, meaning “yellow”, referring to yellow fever, the disease caused by yellow fever virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hepar), meaning "liver" and the identifying letter from hepatitis C virus; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin pestis, meaning “plague”, referring to the devastating diseases associated with members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Mag 115, the original designation of Nodamura virus, and Saitama Prefecture, Japan, where studies were done that led to the discovery of the virus ; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from Nodamura virus, a member of the taxon, first isolated in the village of Nodamura, Japan; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from Nodamura virus, a member of the family, first isolated in the village of Nodamura, Japan; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Sinaivirus, a defunct name for a member of the family and Halictivirus, an unclassified, closely related virus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Tombusviridae, Luteovirus and Carmotetraviridae, three taxa included in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from tombusvirus-like, referring to Tombusviridae, a family included in the taxon ; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: both a reference to the unusual (ambiguous) nature of the GDN triad within the RNA-directed RNA polymerase motif of these (+)ssRNA viruses and the ambiguity related to the host of Diaporthe RNA virus , the first virus described for this group; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the type of replicase (RdRP) characteristic of carmo-like (from carnation mottle) plant viruses and from the Ancient Greek τετρα (tetra), the Greek cardinal 4, referring to the T=4 capsid architecture of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from tomato bushy stunt virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Leviviridae and Narnaviridae, two families included in the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

Etymology: from the Zulu amabili, meaning "twenty", referring to Saccharomyces 20S RNA narnavirus, a member of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

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

Etymology: from naked and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the fact that viruses of the family have no true virion; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: referring to the split nature of the RdRP palm sub-domain; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Howell Township, New Jersey, USA, where a fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) was isolated that was infected with a mitovirus; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from Cryphonectria parasitica, the species of fungus in which the first mitovirus was discovered; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Greek mitos, meaning "thread", referring to replication of viruses in the family in the mitochondria of host fungi; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin levi, meaning "light", referring to Leviviridae, a family included in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: to honour Norton Zinder, who isolated the first bacterial virus that contained RNA as its genetic material; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: to honour the Irish geneticist, John Atkins, for his discovery of the lysin protein from Escherichia virus MS2; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: to honour the Dutch scientist, Jan van Duin, for his discoveries related to novel bacterial ssRNA viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: to honour the Belgian molecular biologist, Walter Fiers, who sequenced the first gene and genome of any virus, phage MS2; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: to honour the American molecular biologist Sol Spiegelman, who evolved a RNA chain of only 218 nucleotides that could be efficiently replicated by an exogenous RdRP; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: to honour Timothy Loeb who, with Norton Zinder, isolated the first bacterial positive-sense, single-stranded virus; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: to honour the American molecular biologist, Thomas Blumenthal, for his findings on the replication of bacterial ssRNA viruses, in particular the structure and function of the viral replicase; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: to honour the American biochemist Joan Argetsinger Steitz for her delineation of an initiation sequence that is central to modern-day ribosome profiling; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from ourmiavirus, itself from Ourmia (Urmia, Orumieh) a city in north-western Iran where Ourmia melon virus, a member of the taxon, was first found; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from ourmiavirus-like, referring to ourmiaviruses, members of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from Botrytis, a genus of fungal hosts, and ourmia-like from Ourmia, a city in north-western Iran where Ourmia melon virus, a member of the family, was first found; the suffix -viridae for family taxa