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Taxon Details

family: Leisingerviridae (current release)

Etymology: to honour the Swiss microbiologist Thomas Leisinger, who isolated the virus psiM2; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Created in Proposal: 2021.001A.R.Archaeal_Caudoviricetes.zipReport Chapter: Leisingerviridae

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