Taxon: Adnaviria
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from A-form DNA, a characteristic of viruses in this realm; the suffix ‑viria for realm taxa " }
Taxon: Zilligvirae
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Wolfram Zillig, a pioneer of research on hyperthermophilic archaeal viruses; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Taleaviricota
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin talea, meaning “rod”, referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the phylum; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Tokiviricetes
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Georgian თოკი __(toki), meaning “thread”, referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the class; the suffix ‑viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Ligamenvirales
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin ligamen, meaning “string" or "thread”, referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Chiyouviridae
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Chiyou, a symbol of war and invention in Chinese mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Lipothrixviridae
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek lipothrix, meaning "fat hair", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Rudiviridae
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin rudi, meaning "small rod", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ungulaviridae
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin ungula, meaning "claw", referring to the claw-like structures decorating the termini of the virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Maximonvirales
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Maximon, a god of travelers, merchants, medicine men/women, mischief and fertility in Mayan mythology; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Ahmunviridae
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Ah Mun, the god of agriculture in Mayan mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Primavirales
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin prima, meaning “first”, referring to Thermoproteus tenax virus 1, the first hyperthermophilic archaeal virus to be isolated (in 1983), which is classified in this order; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Tristromaviridae
Realm: Adnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek τρι- (tria) meaning "three" and στρῶμα (stroma), meaning "layer", referring to a virion tripartite shell consisting of two protein layers and an external envelope; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphatristromavirus
Realm: Adnaviria
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Taxon: Duplodnaviria
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin dūplō, meaning double and DNA, referring to the fact that all founding members of the realm have double-stranded dsDNA genomes; the suffix -viria for realm taxa " }
Taxon: Heunggongvirae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Cantonese 香港 (Hēunggóng), meaning (and approximately pronounced) Hong Kong— referring to Escherichia coli phage HK97, the founding member of the HK97 (Hong Kong 97)-fold major capsid protein viruses in this taxon; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Peploviricota
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the name of a higher-rank taxon proposed by Lwoff and Tournier in 1966 (“Peplovirales”; from the Greek πέπλος (peplos)), meaning garment, referencing the unique tegument of herpesviruses; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Herviviricetes
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from herpesvirus;_ referring to the herpesviruses, members of the class; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Herpesvirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō) meaning "to creep", referring to spreading blisters, with the addition of the consonant s; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Alloherpesviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), meaning "other" and ἕρπης (hérpō), which is related to the meaning "to creep", referring to spreading blisters; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Malacoherpesviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós), meaning ‘soft’ and used in zoology to denote molluscs, and the Ancient Greek: ἕρπης (hérpō), which is related to the meaning "to creep", referring to spreading blisters; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orthoherpesviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthos), meaning “correct” or “straight”, and ἕρπης (hérpō), which is related to the meaning "to creep", referring to spreading blisters; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphaherpesvirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Iltovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Mardivirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Scutavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Simplexvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Varicellovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Betaherpesvirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Cytomegalovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Muromegalovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Proboscivirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Quwivirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Roseolovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Gammaherpesvirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Bossavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Lymphocryptovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Macavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Manticavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Patagivirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Percavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Rhadinovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Uroviricota
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the name of a higher-rank taxon for tailed phages proposed by Lwoff and Tournier in 1966 (“Urovirales”; from the Greek οὐρά (ourá/uros)), meaning tail; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Caudoviricetes
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin caudo, meaning tail; referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Adrikavirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Adrika, the cursed apsara (celestial nymph), who took form of a fish in ancient Indian mythology, referring to the sample source; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Satyavativiridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "from Satyavati, the child of Adrika, who later became an ancient Indian Queen in ancient Indian mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Autographivirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós), meaning self, and the Greek γρᾰ́φειν (gráphein) meaning to carve, referring to "self-writing” or “self-transcribing” bacterial viruses in the order that encode a large single subunit RNA polymerase; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Autonotataviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós), meaning self, and from the neuter plural of the Latin notare, meaning to inscribe; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Autoscriptoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós), meaning self, and from the neuter plural of the Latin scripto meaning to write; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Autosignataviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós), meaning self, and from the neuter plural of the Latin signare, meaning to sign; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Autotranscriptaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós), meaning self, and from the neuter plural of the Latin transcribere meaning to copy; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Crassvirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the prototypical uncultured virus, crAssphage, a name derived from the software tool crAss for cross-assembly analysis; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Crevaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Bosnian creva, meaning "intestine",_ signifying that members of the family are highly abundant in mammalian gut, particularly, in humans; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Darmviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
EtymologyFrom the Dutch darm, meaning "intestines", referring to the abundance of member viruses in the gut microbiome; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Intestiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin_ intestīnus meaning "internal",_ signifying that members of the family_ are highly abundant in the_ mammalian gut, particularly, in humans; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Steigviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Irish stéig, meaning "intestine",_ signifying that members of the family are highly abundant in mammalian gut, particularly, in humans; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Suoliviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "from the Finnish suolet, meaning "intestine",_ signifying that members of the family are highly abundant in mammalian gut, particularly, in humans; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Grandevirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin grande, meaning large or great, referring to the large genome size (< 200 kb) of viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Epsomviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Epsom, UK, a town famous for horse racing, referring to the equine source of the first member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Lakviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Laksam Upazila, Bangladesh, the location where viruses were sampled from human gut microbiome; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Juravirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Lithuanian jūra, meaning "sea"; referring to the marine archaeal viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Yangangviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Yangshan, a Chinese island and gang , meaning "harbour" in Chinese, referring to the sampling location of marine archaeal host of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Yanlukaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Yangshan, a Chinese island and luka, meaning "harbour" in Croatian, referring to the sampling location of marine archaeal host of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Kirjokansivirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish kirjomeaning "versatility" or "variety" and from the Finnish kansi meaning "cover", a magical object in Finnish mythology which brought riches and happiness including salt to its holder, referring to the haloarchaeal hosts of viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Graaviviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish graavi, meaning raw cooking of fish with salt, referring to the_ hyperhalophilic archaeal hosts of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Haloferuviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Haloferax and Halorubrum. sp., hosts_ to viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pyrstoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish pyrstö, meaning "fish tail", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Shortaselviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from short tail, referring to the virion morhology of viruses in the family, and_ the French sel meaning "salt", referring to the haloarchaeal host; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Magrovirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Marine Group II Euryarchaeota, the historical name of Poseidoniales archaea; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Aoguangviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Aoguang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea in ancient Chinese myths and legends; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Aobingvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Apasviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "from Apas, the ancient water goddesses in Indian mythology, referring to the sample source; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Krittikaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "from Krittika, a legendary princess bathing in an Indian river (Ganga) according to ancient Indian mythology, referring to the sample source; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Metacrassvirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Greek μετά (meta), meaning “beyond” or “other” and Crassvirales, a taxon with highly similar virus members; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa
Taxon: Tripviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
EtymologyFrom the French tripes meaning "intestines", referring to the abundance of member viruses in the gut microbiome; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa+D58
Taxon: Methanobavirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Methanobacteriales, referring to the host of the viruses; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Anaerodiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from anaerobic digester, referring to the source of isolation for a virus in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Armatusviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin armatus meaning “armed”, referring to exolysins with multiple pseudomurein degradation domains encoded in the genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Kairosviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek_ καιρός (kairos) meaning the “time of opportunity”, referring to the finding of proviruses in the genomes of Methanobrevibacter that are related to viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Leisingerviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the Swiss microbiologist Thomas Leisinger, who isolated the virus psiM2; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pigerviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin piger, meaning “lazy”,_ referring to the presence of viruses of the family mostly as integrated elements; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Usuviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Indonesian usus, meaning intestine, referring to the sample source; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Nakonvirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Nakon, the most powerful god of war in Mayan mythology; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Ahpuchviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Ah Puch, the god of death in the Mayan mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Ekchuahviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Ek Chuah, the patron god of warriors and merchants in the Mayan mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Pantevenvirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek pan, meaning all-inclusive, and T-even, the description that was used for bacteriophages related to the Escherichia coli phages T2, T4 and T6; the suffix -virales for order taxa__ " }
Taxon: Ackermannviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann, a German microbiologist, past life member of ICTV, a pioneer of electron microscopy and the taxonomy of prokcaryotic viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Kyanoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos), meaning “dark blue”, referring to the cyanobacterial hosts to viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Straboviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the name of the Greek philosopher Strabo; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Paracrassvirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Ancient Greek παρά (para), meaning "near" or "beside", and Crassvirales, a taxon with highly similar virus members; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa
Taxon: Tinaiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
EtymologyFrom the Central Dusun tinai, meaning "intestines", referring to the abundance of member viruses in the gut microbiome; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Thumleimavirales
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Thumleima, the goddess and the female personification of salt, and natural salt brines in Meitei mythology, referring to the haloarchaeal hosts of viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Druskaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Lithuanian druska, meaning "salt", referring to the hyperhalophilic archaea of the genus Haloarcula, hosts to viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Hafunaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Halophage HF1 virus (with "una" for "1"), the first isolated representative virus of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Halomagnusviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek prefix halo, meaning "salt", and the Latin magnus meaning "large", referring to the fact that Halogranum tailed virus 1 has by far the largest genome among known haloarchaeal viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Soleiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from solar saltern, an artifical shallow pond for the production of salt, and the location Eilat, Israel, where Haloarcula tailed virus 2, a member of the family, was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Aggregaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from_ Olleya sp, a host of Olleya phage Harreka 1, which is found mainly in aggregates; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Aliceevansviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Alice Catherine Evans, an American microbiologist who investigated the bacteriology of milk and cheese; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alisviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin alis, meaning wings, a homage to Buffalo, N.Y. (the infamous Buffalo chicken wing), and also referring to the ability of transposable phages to use their “wings” to “fly” around the bacterial genome and insert randomly; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Altumviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin altum, meaning "deep", referring to the deep sea environment in which these viruses were found; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Anamaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom Anamã (Anama), referring to a tradition of “family” in the Tupi-guarani language, Brazil's most widely spoken indigenous language; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear
Taxon: Andersonviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Thomas Foxen Anderson, an American biophysical chemist and geneticist ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Arenbergviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the address where the genome of phage PA5oct was characterized (Kasteelpark Arenberg 21, Leuven, Belgium) in the Division of Animal and Human Health Engineering, KU Leuven; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Assalcaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom Assale, a salt lake in the Danakil depression (Ethiopia) the location of sampling and from the Latin caudo, meaning tail, referring to the morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Assiduviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin assiduus, meaning "constant" or "regular", referring to the regular isolation of members of the family from enrichments and seawater; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Berryhillviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour_ David Berryhill, an American microbiologist and one of the first people to isolate an Arthrobacter phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Blefusviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyafter the fictional island Blefuscu from Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa; connection unclear
Taxon: Buchnerviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyto honor Eduard Buchner, a German chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1907; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Casidaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Lester E. Casida Jr., an American industrial microbiologist; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Casjensviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Sherwood R Casjens, an American virologist, for his seminal contributions to the study of phage biology and evolution; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Chaseviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Martha Cowles Chase, an American geneticist who helped confirm that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Cleopatravirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Carltongylesvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Faunusvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Loessnervirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Myducvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Sabourvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Suwonvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Nefertitivirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Pahsextavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Shantouvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Yushanvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Chimalliviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from chimallin (“chīmalli”, an Aztec shield), which is the major phage nuclear shell protein, referring to the unique phage replication mechanism of members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Clermontviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the French city of Clermont-Ferrand where Methanomassiliicoccales archaea, host for viruses in the family, were co-discovered; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Colingsworthviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Donald R. Colingsworth, an American industrial microbiologist and the first person to isolate a Streptomyces phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Connertonviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Ian F. Connerton, a British microbiologist/food scientist who studied Campylobacter phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Dallocaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom Dallol in the Danakil depression (Ethiopia), the location of sampling and from the Latin caudo, meaning tail, referring to the morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Danacaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Danakil depression (Ethiopia) of geothermally influenced salt lakes, the location of sampling and from the Latin caudo, meaning tail, referring to the morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Demerecviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Milislav Demerec, a Croatian-American geneticist who pioneered work on bacteriophage, and collaborated in the first isolation of E.coli phage T5; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Drexlerviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Henry Drexler, an American microbiologist, for his pioneering research on Escherichia phage T1; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Duneviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the island Dune, close to Helgoland, where members of the famiy were discovered in aquatic samples; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ehrlichviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Melanie Ehrlich, an American molecular biologist and Kenneth Craig Ehrlich, an American organic chemist/biochemist, who both pioneered work on Bacillus phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Felixviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin felix, meaning luck, referring the chance discovery of the Roth phages C and D; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Fervensviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin fervens, meaning "hot", referring to the high temperature of the hydrothermal vent from which the provirus-carrying host was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Forsetiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the god Forseti, associated in Nordic mythology to the island Helgoland, where members of the famiy were discovered in aquatic samples; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Fredfastierviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Frederick Noel Fastier, a pharmacologist from New Zealand, one of the first scientists to isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa_ " }
Taxon: Fuxiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Fuxi, a legendary figure in Chinese mythology known for his diverse talents and abilities; the suffix -viridae for family taxa_ " }
Taxon: Grimontviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the French microbiologist Francine Grimont for her extensive study of phages, particularly the C3 morphotype viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Guelinviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Antonina Guelin_ who, at the Institut Pasteur, isolated some of the first Clostridium phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Gulliviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom Gulliver, the protagonist of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, referring to the large size of the virus genome in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Helgolandviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the island Helgoland, where members of the famiy were discovered in aquatic samples; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Herelleviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of bacteriophages by the French microbiologist Félix d’Hérelle; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Bastillevirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Agatevirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Bastillevirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Bequatrovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Caeruleovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Eldridgevirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Goettingenvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Grisebachstrassevirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Jeonjuvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Matervirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Moonbeamvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Nitunavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Shalavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Siophivirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Tsarbombavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Wphvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Brockvirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Kochikohdavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Schiekvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Pecentumvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Spounavirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Okubovirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Siminovitchvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Twortvirinae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Baoshanvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Kayvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Sciuriunavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Sepunavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Silviavirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Twortvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Elpedvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Harbinvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Hopescreekvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Klumppvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Mooreparkvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Salchichonvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Tybeckvirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Watanabevirus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
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Taxon: Hirszfeldviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyto honor Ludwik Hirszfeld, a Polish physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, the founder of the Polish School of Immunology and the scientific discipline of seroanthropology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Hodgkinviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour_ Jonathan Alan Hodgkin, a British biochemist whose group characterised the first bacteriophage to be reported for the coryneform genus Microbacterium; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Infernusviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin infernus, meaning "bottom" or "deep", referring to the location of the basaltic crust at the bottom of the ocean; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Jasonviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyreferring to the remotely-operated vehicle Jason responsible for deploying and collecting sampling equipment for research in the deep biosphere; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Jeanschmidtviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Jean Marie Schmidt, an American microbiologist and cancer researcher who was one of the first scientists to study Caulobacter; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Kleczkowskaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Janina Kleczkowska of the Rothampstead Experimental Station, UK, for pioneering the study of Rhizobium phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa_ " }
Taxon: Konodaiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Japanese city of Konodai,_ the location of one of the research institutes where members of the family were discovered; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Kruegerviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Albert Paul Krueger, an American microbiologist; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Kunpengviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Kunpeng, a mythical creature in Chinese mythology known for its transformative abilities; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Lilliviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyafter the fictional island Lilliput from Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa; connection unclear
Taxon: Lindbergviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Alf Erik Anton Lindberg, a Swedish physician scientist; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ludisviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin ludis, meaning sport, referring to the vibrant sports scene in Buffalo, NY. ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Luriaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyto honor the Italian microbiologist Salvador Edward Luria, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969 for his role in discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Lutetiaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Lutetia, an historical name for the French city of Paris; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa. Connection unclear " }
Taxon: Lutzviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyto honor of Bertha Lutz, a Brazilian zoologist, politician and diplomat; the suffix -viridae for family taxa.
Taxon: Madisaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Margherita di Savoia in Italy, where Haloarcula hispanica tailed virus 1, a member of the family, was first isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Madridviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Spanish city of Madrid, where Streptococcus phage Cp1 and Streptococcus phage Cp7, members of the family, were first isolated; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mariniviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin marinus, meaning “sea”,and the vowel i, referring to the habitat of the member virus; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Mazoviaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mazovia, a historic region of Poland; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection obscure " }
Taxon: Mesyanzhinovviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the Russian scientist Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, for his research on the mechanisms of protein folding and assembly, and structural genomics; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Molycolviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the names of two species in the genus Mollyvirus&colon; Mollyvirus Molly and Mollyvirus Colly; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mtkvariviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Georgian მტკვარი, Mt’k’vari, for the river flowing through Tbilisi from which phage phiEco32 was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Naomviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the biblical character Naomi and Hebrew naomi, meaning “good” to represent the good that bacteriophage can do; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Nixviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin nix, meaning snow, referring to the abundance of snow during the winter months in Buffalo, NY. ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orlajensenviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the Danish chemist and dairy bacteriologist Sigurd Orla-Jensen who was largely responsible for the isolation and taxonomy of the bacteria in the genus Microbacterium; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pachyviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús), meaning "thick" and referring to the morphology of members of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Peduoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Escherichia phage P2 (phonetically "Pe" and "duo" representing "2"), a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pervagoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin pervagus, meaning "widely roaming", referring to members of the species Callevirus phi38una in the genus Callevirus, which are found in various ocean regions; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pituviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the VIP Project Team 2 (P2), using the phonetic alphabet, referring to the isolation and characterization of Klebsiella phage vB_VIPKPNMC05; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Pootjesviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour of American microbiologist Christine Pootjes, one of the first scientist to study Agrobacterium phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pungoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin pungo, meaning "prick" or "puncture", referring to the ability of the viruses in the family to lyse the Methanoculleus host; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Quasboviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Afar quasbo, meaning "salt", referring to environment in which these viruses were found; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Rountreeviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Phyllis Margaret_ Rountree, an Australian bacteriologist and expert on Staphylococcus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Saffermanviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Robert S. Safferman, an American microbiologist who together with Mary-Ellen Morris first isolated and characterized Leptolyngbya phage LPP-1, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Saladoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Spanish salado, meaning "salty", referring to the environment in which these viruses were found; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Salasmaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Margarita Salas Falgueras, a Spanish scientist, medical researcher, and author in the fields of biochemistry and molecular genetics; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Saparoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish saparo, meaning "pig tail", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Sarkviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Sark, one of the Channel Islands, continuing the theme used to name Guernseyvirinae and Jerseyvirus ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Schitoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the Italian microbiologist Gian Carlo Schito, who isolated Escherichia phage N4; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Seadebiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the phonetic translation of C-DEBI (Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations), referring to an organization that helped drive research in the deep biosphere; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Speroviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin spero, meaning "hope", green (the colour of hope) referring to the green F420 autofluorescence of methanogenic archaea that host Methanobacterium virus C158, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Stackebrandtviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Erko Stackebrandt, a German microbiologist; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Stanwilliamsviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the British microbiologist Stanley Thomas Williams, a pioneer in the development of techniques for scanning electron microscopy of microbes; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Suolaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish suola meaning "salt", referring to the haloarchaeal host of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Tenebraviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin tenebrae, meaning "darkness", referring to the deep dark ocean where CORKs (Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kits) are located ; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Toyamaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Japanese city of Toyoma,_ the location of one of the research institutes where members of the family were discovered; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Trautnerviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Thomas A Trautner, a German molecular biologist, who studied SPP1 for several decades; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Umezonoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Japanese area of Umezono,_ the location of one of the research institutes where members of the family were discovered; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Vandenendeviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Marinus van den Ende, a South African medical scientist and virologist; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Verdandiviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Verdandi, one of the three Norns, the most powerful beings in Norse mythology that govern the lives of gods and mortals; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Vertoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin verto, meaning "invert", referring to the invertible tail fiber locus characterized in genomes of viruses of this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Vilmaviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the designations V (phoneticlaly "Vi"),_ L and M, referring to the clusters on the Actinobacteriophage Database that include viruses of the family and addition of the vowel a; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Winoviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Winogradskyella, the genus of the host to Winogradshyella phage Peternella, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Zierdtviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the American microbiologist Charles Henry Zierdt, who isolated and studied some of the first Corynebacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Zimmerviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymologyto honour the American microbiologist Esther Zimmer Lederberg, the discoverer of lambda phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Zobellviridae
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the American microbiologist Claude Ephraim Zobell, the first person to isolate marine phage, and a pioneer of marine microbiology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Efunaviria
Realm: Efunaviria
Etymologyfrom the sixth Latin letter “ef” and the Latin una, meaning “one”, referring to Enterobacteria phage f1, which encodes the hallmark morphogenic module of this realm; the suffix ‑viria for realm taxa
Taxon: Loebvirae
Realm: Efunaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Timothy Loeb, who described “phage f1” in 1960; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Hofneiviricota
Realm: Efunaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Peter H. Hofschneider, who described “phage M13” in 1963; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Faserviricetes
Realm: Efunaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the German Faser, meaning "fiber", a reference to the family name Inoviridae, which is derived from the Ancient Greek  ἰνός (inos), meaning "a fiber", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the class; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Tubulavirales
Realm: Efunaviria
Etymology{ value: "from tubular, referring to the virion morphology of some viruses in this taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Inoviridae
Realm: Efunaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἰνός (inos), meaning a "fiber", referring to the virion morhology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Affertcholeramvirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Capistrivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Coriovirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Fibrovirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Habenivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Infulavirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Inovirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Lineavirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Parhipatevirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Primolicivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Psecadovirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Restivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Saetivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Scuticavirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Staminivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Subteminivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Tertilicivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Versovirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Vicialiavirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Villovirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Xylivirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Paulinoviridae
Realm: Efunaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin paulus, meaning “small”, referring to the shorter genomes and fewer encoded proteins in members of the family compared to viruses of other families such as Inoviridae within the order Tubulavirales; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Plectroviridae
Realm: Efunaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin plectrum, meaning "small stick", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Plectrovirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Suturavirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Vespertiliovirus
Realm: Efunaviria
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Taxon: Floreoviria
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin floreo, meaning "to blossom", referring to the bloom of diversity in the virus realm in terms of genome structures and topologies, mechanisms of replication and virion structures; the suffix ‑viria for realm taxa
Taxon: Shotokuvirae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Japanese Empress Shōtoku (称徳天皇), aka Kōken (孝謙天皇), who wrote a poem about a plant disease caused by a geminivirus—considered the first written record of a plant virus disease; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Commensaviricota
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "referring to the commensal lifestyle of anelloviruses; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Cardeaviricetes
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Cardea, the Roman goddess of health; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Sanitavirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin sanitas meaning health, referring to anelloviruses being part of the healthy human virome; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Anelloviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "from the Latin anello, meaning "ring", referring to the circular nature of the DNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Cossaviricota
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Yvonne Cossart, who co-discovered parvovirus B19; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Mouviricetes
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the French mou, meaning "flaccid", referring to the disease associated with Bombyx mori bidensovirus, a member of the class; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Polivirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from polinton-like virus. Polintons are large DNA transposons which contain genes with homology to viral proteins; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Bidnaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin bi meaning "two" and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the segmented ssDNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Papovaviricetes
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from papova, referring to the defunct Papovaviridae, which once included papillomavirus, mouse polyoma virus, and simian vacuolating virus ; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Sepolyvirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from SE [Stewart & Eddy] polyoma, the original designation for the first discovered polyomavirus (now murine polyomavirus); the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Polyomaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the English prefix poly- (Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) meaning “many”) and  the Greek suffix -oma, used to form nouns denoting “tumours”, referring to the association of some viruses in the family with cancers; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphapolyomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Betapolyomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Deltapolyomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Epsilonpolyomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Gammapolyomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Zetapolyomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Zurhausenvirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Harald zur Hausen, who discovered the connection between papillomaviruses and cervical cancer; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Papillomaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin papilla, meaning “nipple" or "pustule”, and the Greek suffix -oma, used to form nouns denoting “tumours”, referring to the association of some viruses in the family with cancers; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Firstpapillomavirinae
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Alphapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Betapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Chipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Deltapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyochipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyodeltapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyoepsilonpapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyoetapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyoiotapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyokappapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyolambdapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyomupapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyonupapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyoomegapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyoomikronpapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyophipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyopipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyopsipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyorhopapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyosigmapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyotaupapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyothetapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyoupsilonpapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyoxipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dyozetapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Epsilonpapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Etapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Gammapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Iotapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Kappapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Lambdapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Mupapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Nupapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Omegapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Omikronpapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Phipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Pipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Psipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Rhopapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Sigmapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Taupapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Thetapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Treisdeltapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Treisepsilonpapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Treisetapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Treisiotapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Treiskappapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Treisthetapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Treiszetapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Upsilonpapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Xipapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Zetapapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Secondpapillomavirinae
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Alefpapillomavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Quintoviricetes
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Galician quinto, meaning "fifth", referencing Fifth disease, caused by parvovirus B19, a member of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Piccovirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Italian piccolo, meaning "small" or "sharp", referring to the small size of parvovirus genomes; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Parvoviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin parvus, meaning "small", referring to the small virion size of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Densovirinae
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Iteradensovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Miniambidensovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Parvovirinae
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Amdoparvovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Aveparvovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Bocaparvovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Copiparvovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Dependoparvovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Erythroparvovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Protoparvovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Tetraparvovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Cressdnaviricota
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from_ CRESS DNA;_ referring to circular Rep-encoding ssDNA viruses; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa. " }
Taxon: Arfiviricetes
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from arginine and finger, referring to a conserved domain in the helicase of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Baphyvirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from bacillariophytes (diatoms), hosts of viruses in this taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Bacilladnaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Bacillariophytes, the name of the host of viruses in the genus Bacilladnavirus and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid,; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Cirlivirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from circoviruses and circo-like viruses, referring to members of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Circoviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin circulos meaning "small ring", referring to the circular ssDNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Circovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Cyclovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Endolinaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the name Endolimax nana, the amoeba host for members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Vilyaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Vilya the ring of air, one of three rings of power from Middle-earth in the fictional novels of JR Tolkein; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Cremevirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from circular Rep-encoding ssDNA viruses; and metagenomics; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Smacoviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from small circular ssDNA and the vowel o, referring to the size of genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Gredzevirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Latvian gredzens meaning “ring”, referring to the genome circularity of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Gandrviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Jörmun gandr, a serpent in Norse mythology equivalent of ouroboros. The prefix "Jörmun-" denotes something huge, the word "gandr" refers to elongated entities, including snakes, referring to the genome circularity of members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ouroboviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from ouroboros, a symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail, alluding to the genome circularity of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa. " }
Taxon: Jormunvirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Jörmun gandr (Norse mytology), also called World Serpent, whose body coiled around the whole Earth (Midgard). The prefix "Jörmun-" denotes something huge; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa. Connection unclear " }
Taxon: Draupnirviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the ring Draupnir of Norse mythology, said to have multiplied itself every ninth night, referring to both the circular viral genome and genome replication of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Lineavirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "referring to the linear genome of viruses in the family, a unique property among members of the phylum Cressdnaviricota; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Oomyviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the most likely host for viruses in the family, which are members of the class Oomycetes (water molds); the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mulpavirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from multipartite, a feature of the genomes of viruses in this taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Amesuviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from América do Sul or America del Sur (South America in Portuguese and Spanish, respectively), the continent in which members of the family were first described; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Anicreviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from animal associated, referring to the source and CRESS, referring to circular Rep-encoding ssDNA viruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Metaxyviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek μεταξύ (metaxy), meaning "in-between", referring to the phylogenetic relationship of coconut foliar decay virus, a member of the family, to members of the families Geminiviridae and Nanoviridae; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Nanoviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nanos), meaning "dwarf", referring to the small genome of viruses in the family and their stunting effect on infected plants; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Babuvirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Nanovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Recrevirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from redondoviruses and CRESS, referring to circular Rep-encoding ssDNA viruses, both members of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Redondoviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Spanish redondo, meaning “round”, referring to the circular nature of the DNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Torbevirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Ringavirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin ringa meaning “ring”, referring to the genome circularity of members of the family; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Pecoviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Peruvian stool-associated circo-like viruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Rivendellvirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Rivendell, elven-refuge in a steep and hidden valley to the west of the Misty Mountains, a geograpghical region of Middle-earth in the fictional novels of JR Tolkein&colon; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Naryaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Narya the ring of fire, one of three rings of power from Middle-earth in the fictional novels of JR Tolkein; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Rohanvirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Rohan, kingdom of the Rohirrim, bounded by the Anduin, the Misty Mountains, and Fangorn Forest, in the fictional novels of JR Tolkein; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Adamaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ring of Adamant (also called the Ring of Nenya in the fictional novels of JR Tolkein); adamant was a mythical stone with impenetrable hardness; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa . Connection unclear " }
Taxon: Kirkoviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "the name given to a group of viruses by various authors in their publications; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa. Derivation unknown " }
Taxon: Nenyaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Nenya the ring of water, one of three rings of power from Middle-earth in the fictional novels of JR Tolkein; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Saturnivirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Saturn, which is also known as the Ringed Planet, referring to the genome circularity of members of the family; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa. " }
Taxon: Kanorauviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Māori Kanorau meaning "to be diverse", referring to the diversity of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mahapunaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Māori maha puna meaning "many sources", referring to the diversity of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Repensiviricetes
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "referring to the Rep-encoding single stranded DNA viruses in the taxon; the suffix -vircetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Geplafuvirales
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from geminivirus, and also plants and fungi, referring to the hosts of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Geminiviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin geminus meaning "twin", referring to the characteristic twinned (geminate) virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Becurtovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Begomovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Capulavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Citlodavirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Curtovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Eragrovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Grablovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Maldovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Mastrevirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Mulcrilevirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Opunvirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Topilevirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Topocuvirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Turncurtovirus
Realm: Floreoviria
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Taxon: Genomoviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from geminivirus-like and no movement, indicating the lack of a movement protein gene in viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Geplanaviridae
Realm: Floreoviria
Etymology{ value: "from gemini-like Rep plant and animal associated viruses, referring to the geminivirus Rep sequence (GRS) motif found in members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pleomoviria
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymologya reference to the pleomorphic morphology of viruses in this realm; the suffix ‑viria for realm taxa
Taxon: Trapavirae
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Trapani, Italy, where Halorubrum pleomorphic virus 1, a member of the taxon, was discovered; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Calorviricota
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin calor, meaning heat, referring to the environmental conditions under which these viruses replicate; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Caminiviricetes
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin camini, meaning chimneys, referring to the chimney-like deep sea hydrothermal vents in which Archaeoglobales and their viruses thrive; the suffix -vircetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Ageovirales
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "a truncation of Archaeoglobus and Geoglobus, two genera of archaea that host viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Thalassapleoviridae
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Thalassa, th Greek goddess of the sea, referring to the sample source, and from pleolipovirus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Saleviricota
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Italian sale, meaning "salt", referencing the halophilic hosts of most pleolipovirids; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Huolimaviricetes
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish huolimaton, meaning "sloppy", referencing the unmethodical assembly of pleolipovirions; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Haloruvirales
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "from Halorubrum pleomorphic virus 1, HRPV-1, a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Nanopleoviridae
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymologyfrom Nanohaloarchaea and pleomorphic, referring to the host and inferred morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Pleolipoviridae
Realm: Pleomoviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek πλεῖον (pleo), meaning "many", and λῐ́πος (lípos), meaning “animal fat”, referring to the pleomorphic shape and presence of an envelope in virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphapleolipovirus
Realm: Pleomoviria
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Taxon: Betapleolipovirus
Realm: Pleomoviria
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Taxon: Gammapleolipovirus
Realm: Pleomoviria
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Taxon: Riboviria
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from ribo, for ribonucleic acid, referring to the genome of viruses in the realm; the suffix -viria for realm taxa " }
Taxon: Orthornavirae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek ὀρθός (orthós) meaning "straight" or "true" and RNA for ribonucleic acid; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Ambiviricota
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from ambivirus(es), referring to the non-overlapping ambisense orientation of open reading frames in the genome of members of the taxon; the suffix ‑viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Suforviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Suvi Sutela and Marc Forgia, the co-discoveres of ambiviruses in endomycorrhizal fungi; the suffix ‑viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Crytulvirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Cryphonectria and Tulasnella, referring to the host genera for fungi in which ambiviruses were first discovered; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Dumbiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin duo, meaning two, and ambivirus, referring to one of several families in the parent taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Quambiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin quattuor, meaning four, and ambivirus, referring to one of several families in the parent taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Trimbiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin tria, meaning three, and ambivirus, referring to one of several families in the parent taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Unambiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin unus, meaning "one", and ambivirus, referring to one of several families in the parent taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Artimaviricota
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Lithuanian artima, meaning close, and RT (phonetically "arti"), referring to the potential link to viral RTs; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Furtirnaviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin furtivus, meaning hidden, secret, and RNA; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Divaquavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from diverse aquatic, referring to the environments in which viruses in the order were discovered; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Hakuzoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Hakuzo, the White elephant which is a signature of Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra in Buddhism), referring to the Fugen-dake, the largest volcano of the Mt. Unzen, the area where hot spring RNA virus 1 was discovered; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Duplornaviricota
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Italian duplo meaning "double" and RNA for ribonucleic acid, a reference to viruses in this phylum having double-stranded RNA genomes; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Chrymotiviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Chrysoviridae, Megabirnaviridae, and the now defunct Totiviridae, three virus families originally included in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Ghabrivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "in honour of Said Ghabrial, a pioneer in the study of the viruses in this order; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Alphatotivirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet and the now defunct family Totiviridae (from the Latin toti, meaning "undivided" or "whole" ), one of the founding taxa of the order Ghabrivirales; the suffix ‑virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Botybirnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from, Botrytis porri, the host of Botrytis porri RNA virus 1, and the bi-segmented dsRNA genome of members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Chrysoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek chrysós meaning “gold”, derived from the specific epithet of Penicillium chrysogenum, the fungal host of Penicillium chrysogenum virus, a member of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphachrysovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betachrysovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Fusagraviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Fusarium graminearum, host of Fusarium graminearum virus 3, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Megabirnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), meaning “great", and Birnaviridae, referring to the size of the bisegmented dsRNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Megabirnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Monocitiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from monocistronic toti-like viruses; referring to the genome organisation of members of the family and the relationship to totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orthototiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthos), meaning “correct” or “straight”_ and the Latin toti, meaning "undivided" or "whole",_ referring to the mono-segmented dsRNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Phlegiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Phlebiopsis gigantea, the host of Phlebiopsis gigantea large virus 1, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pseudototiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudes), meaning"false" and the addition of the vowel o; referring to the earlier placement of members of the family in the now defunct Totiviridae; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Quadriviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin quattuor, meaning "four", referring to the quadripartite nature of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Quadrivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Spiciviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Spissistilus festinus and Circulifer tenellus, the hosts of the first reported viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Betatotivirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta), the second letter of the Greek alphabet and the now defunct family Totiviridae, one of the founding taxa of the order Ghabrivirales; the suffix ‑virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Artiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from arthropod totivirus, referring to the hosts of members in the family and the relationship to totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Giardiaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Giardia lamblia, host of Giardia lamblia virus, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Inseviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from insect toti-like virus, referring to the host of viruses in the family and the relationship to totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Lebotiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Leptopilina boulardi toti-like virus, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Megatotiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), meaning “great or large”, referring to the much larger genome size of members of the family when compared to_ totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ootiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "derived from oomycetous toti-like virus, referring to the host of virus members in the family and the relationship to totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pistolviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from piscine toti-like, referring to the hosts of viruses in the family and the relationship to totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Yadonushiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Japanese Yadonushi meaning "owner (Nushi) of a house to stay (Yado)", referring to the trans-encapsidation of yadokarivirus RNA and RdRP; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Gammatotivirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma), the third letter of the Greek alphabet and the now defunct family Totiviridae, one of the founding taxa of the order Ghabrivirales; the suffix ‑virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Alternaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Alternaria alternata, the name of the fungal host of the earliest isolate, and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the type of nucleic acid comprising the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Resentoviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from respiratory enteric orphan, referring to the tropism and an early lack of disease association of some viruses in the taxon ; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Reovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from reo, an acronym of respiratory enteric orphan viruses, referring to the tropism and an early lack of disease association of some viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Sedoreoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin sedo, meaning "smooth", referring to the appearance_ of the core particles of viruses in the family, and reo, for respiratory enteric orphan, referring to the tropism and lack of disease association of some members of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Cardoreovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mimoreovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orbivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Phytoreovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rotavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Seadornavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Spinareoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin spina, meaning “spike”, referring to the presence of spikes or turrets on the surface of the core particles of viruses in the family, and reo for respiratory enteric orphan, referring to the tropism and lack of disease association of some members of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Aquareovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Coltivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Dinovernavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Fijivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Idnoreovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mycoreovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthoreovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Oryzavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Vidaverviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Anne K. Vidaver, who co-discovered Pseudomonas phage phi6; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Mindivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Leonard Mindich, who contributed significantly to cystovirid research; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Cystoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "phonetically from the Greek kystis, meaning “bladder” or “sack”, referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Kitrinoviricota
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek κίτρινος (kítrinos) meaning "yellow", a reference to yellow fever virus, a member of the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Alsuviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from alphavirus supergroup, referring to a historical name for some members of the taxon ; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Hepelivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from hepevirus-like, referring to the family Hepeviridae included in this taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Alphatetraviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet and_ τετρα (tetra), the Greek cardinal 4, referring to the relationship to viruses of the Alpha-like supergroup in the replicase region and the T=4 capsid architecture that define the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Benyviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the genus Benyvirus, which is derived from beet necrotic yellow vein virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Benyvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hepeviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from hepatitis E virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orthohepevirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Avihepevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Chirohepevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Paslahepevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rocahepevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Parahepevirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Piscihepevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Matonaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the physician George Maton who first distinguished rubella from measles and scarlet fever; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Rubivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mycoalphaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek myco, meaning fungus, and alpha-like virus (denoting the host and type of genomic organization); the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Martellivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour G. P. Martelli, a pioneer in closterovirid research; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Bromoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Alfamovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Anulavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Bromovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cucumovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ilarvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Oleavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Closteroviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Ampelovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Closterovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Crinivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Velarivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Endornaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Alphaendornavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betaendornavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Kitaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Mayoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the British plant virologist Michael A Mayo, past Life Member of the ICTV; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Tobaliviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom tobamo-like, referring to the similarities in genome organization and possible expression strategy with tobamoviruses (family Virgaviridae); the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Togaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin toga, meaning “cloak”, possibly referring to the enveloped virion of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Virgaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin virga, meaning "rod", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Furovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Goravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hordeivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pecluvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pomovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tobamovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tobravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tymovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from turnip yellow mosaic virus, a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Alphaflexiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Allexivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Botrexvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lolavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Platypuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Potexvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mandarivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sclerodarnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betaflexiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Deltaflexiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Gammaflexiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Tymoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from turnip yellow mosaic virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Flasuviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from flavivirus supergroup, referring to a historical name for some members of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Amarillovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Spanish amarillo, meaning "yellow", a reference to yellow fever virus, a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Flaviviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Orthoflavivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hepaciviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom the Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hepar), meaning "liver" and the identifying letter from hepatitis C virus; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Pegivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pestiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin pestis, meaning “plague”, referring to the devastating diseases associated with members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Magsaviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Nodamuvirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Nodamura virus, a member of the taxon, first isolated in the village of Nodamura, Japan; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Nodaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Nodamura virus, a member of the family, first isolated in the village of Nodamura, Japan; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphanodavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betanodavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sinhaliviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Sinaivirus, a defunct name for a member of the family and Halictivirus, an unclassified, closely related virus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Tolucaviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Tombusviridae, Luteovirus and Carmotetraviridae, three taxa included in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Tolivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from tombusvirus-like, referring to Tombusviridae, a family included in the taxon ; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Ambiguiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyboth 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
Taxon: Carmotetraviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Tombusviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from tomato bushy stunt virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Lenarviricota
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Leviviridae and Narnaviridae, two families included in the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Amabiliviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Zulu amabili, meaning "twenty", referring to Saccharomyces 20S RNA narnavirus, a member of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Wolframvirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the chemical element wolfram, (also known as tungsten, abbreviation&colon; W), referring to the discovery of Saccharomyces 20S RNA narnavirus by sequencing "W dsRNA" of Saccharomyces cerevisiae; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Narnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Splipalmiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "referring to the split nature of the RdRP palm sub-domain; the suffix -viridae for_ family taxa " }
Taxon: Howeltoviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Cryppavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Cryphonectria parasitica, the species of fungus in which the first mitovirus was discovered; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Mitoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Leviviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin levi, meaning "light", referring to Leviviridae, a family included in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Norzivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Norton Zinder, who isolated the first bacterial virus that contained RNA as its genetic material; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Atkinsviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the Irish geneticist, John Atkins, for his discovery of the lysin protein from Escherichia virus MS2; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Duinviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the Dutch scientist, Jan van Duin, for his discoveries related to novel bacterial ssRNA viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Fiersviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Solspiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Timlovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Timothy Loeb who, with Norton Zinder, isolated the first bacterial positive-sense, single-stranded virus; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Blumeviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Steitzviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Miaviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Ourlivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from ourmiavirus-like, referring to ourmiaviruses, members of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Botourmiaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Betabotoulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betascleroulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Botoulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Deltascleroulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Epsilonscleroulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammascleroulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Magoulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Penoulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Scleroulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ourmiaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom the genus Ourmiavirus, a child taxon of the family, referring to Ourmia, a city in north-western Iran where Ourmia melon virus was first found; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Ourmiavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rhizouliviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom the genus Rhizoulivirus, a child taxon of the family, referring to a host, Rhizoctonia sp.; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Betarhizoulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rhizoulivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Negarnaviricota
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin nega, meaning "to deny (negate)" and_ RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the genomic RNA polarity of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Haploviricotina
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἁπλόoV (haplo), meaning "simple", referring to the generally mono-segmented genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricotina for subphylum taxa " }
Taxon: Chunqiuviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Chūnqiū Shídài (春秋时代), the Spring and Autumn Period in which Qín and Yuè were states in China; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Muvirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mù (穆) the Duke of Qín, Qín being the ancient Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn Period; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Qinviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Qín (秦) State during the Spring and Autumn of Chinese history; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Yingvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Milneviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour RG Milne, senior author of the first paper describing ophioviruses; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Naedrevirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Old English nædre (naedre), meaning "serpent", referring to the earlier name of the order, Serpentovirales, describing the serpent-like appearance of virions of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Aspiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin aspis, meaning “viper" or "snake”, referring to the morphology of virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ophiovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Monjiviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mononegavirales and Jingchuvirales, two orders in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Jingchuvirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Jīngchǔ (荆楚), a synonym for Chǔ (楚), a state in ancient China; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Aliusviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "phonetically from the Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), meaning "other" or "another", possibly referring to the numerous families in the class Caudoviricetes; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Obscuruvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ollusvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Chuviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Chǔ (楚) , a state during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Boscovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Chuvivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Culicidavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Demapteravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Doliuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Morsusvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nigecruvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Odonatavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pediavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Piscichuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pterovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rochuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Scarabeuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Taceavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Vapochuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Crepuscuviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin crepusculum, meaning “twilight" or "dim”, possibly because megalopteran chu-related virus 119, a member of the family, was isolated from a corydalid fly species whose larvae remain under cover during the day but move in search of food at night; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Aqualaruvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Myriaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek μύριοι (mýrioi), meaning "myriad", a now obsolete decimal metric prefix denoting a factor of 104 (ten thousand), referring to the myriapod arthropod (millipedes and centipedes) hosts of some viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Myriavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Natareviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin natare, meaning “swim" or "float”, possibly because Wēnzhōu crab virus 3 was isolated from Charybdis japonica, the Asian paddle crab, a species of swimming crab; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Charybdivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mononegavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek μόνος (monos), meaning "single", and the Latin negare, meaning "to deny (negate)", referring to the polarity and generally mono-segmented genome of viruses in the taxon ; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Artoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from arthropod, referring to the host phylum of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Hexartovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Peropuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Bornaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the German city of Borna, where many animals died of sporadic encephalopathy caused by Borna disease virus 1, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Carbovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cultervirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthobornavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Filoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin filum, meaning “thread,” referring to the morphology of virions of members of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Cuevavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Dianlovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Oblavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthoebolavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthomarburgvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Striavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tapjovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Thamnovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lispiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Lĭshì spider virus 2, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Acridvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Aleyavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Aleybvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Anicalvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Anidravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Aranavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Aranbvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Arlivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Avesvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Birfecvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Copasivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cybitervirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Damravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ganiavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hemipvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Leocovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nematovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Phelinovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rivapovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sanstrivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Stylovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Supelovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Synelinevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Usmuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Xenophyvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mymonaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mycota (fungi), referring to the host of viruses in the family, and Mononegavirales, the order that includes this virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Auricularimonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Botrytimonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hubramonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lentimonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Penicillimonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Phyllomonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Plasmopamonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rhizomonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sclerotimonavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nyamiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Nyamanini Pan, where Nyamanini virus was isolated and Midway Atoll, where Midway virus was isolated, both members of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Berhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Crustavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Formivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nyavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orinovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Socyvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tapwovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Paramyxoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek παρά (pará), meaning “beside" and the Greek μύξα, (mýxa), meaning"mucus", referring to the association of some members of the family with_ respiratory infection; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Avulavirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Metaavulavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthoavulavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Paraavulavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Aquaparamyxovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ferlavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Respirovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cynoglossusvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hoplichthysvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Metaparamyxovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Synodonvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthoparamyxovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Henipavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Jeilongvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Morbillivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Narmovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Salemvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rubulavirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthorubulavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pararubulavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Scoliodonvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pneumoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek pneuma, meaning “breath”, referring to the transmission of viruses in this family by contact and airborne routes; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Metapneumovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthopneumovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rhabdoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhabdos), meaning "rod", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alpharhabdovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Almendravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphanemrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphapaprhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alpharicinrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphathriprhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Amplylivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Arurhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Barhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Caligrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cetarhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Curiovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ephemerovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hapavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ledantevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lostrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lyssavirus
Realm: Riboviria
EtymologyGreek mythology: Lyssa (Λυσσα) was a goddess, or spirit, of rage, fury, raging madness, and frenzy
Taxon: Lyssavirus
Realm: Riboviria
EtymologyGreek mythology: Lyssa (Λυσσα) was a goddess, or spirit, of rage, fury, raging madness, and frenzy
Taxon: Merhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mousrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ohlsrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Perhabdovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Replylivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sawgrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Scophrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sigmavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Siniperhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sprivivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sripuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sunrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tibrovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tupavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Uniorhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Vesiculovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Zarhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betarhabdovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphagymnorhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphanucleorhabdovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betagymnorhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betanucleorhabdovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Deltanucleorhabdovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Dichorhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammanucleorhabdovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Varicosavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Deltarhabdovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphacrustrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphadrosrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphahymrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betahymrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betanemrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betapaprhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betaricinrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammahymrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammaricinrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Primrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Stangrhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammarhabdovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Margarhavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Novirhabdovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sunviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Sunshine Coast virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Sunshinevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Xinmoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Xīnchéng mosquito virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alasvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Anphevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Corulvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Culivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Doupovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Draselvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Drunivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gambievirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gordisvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gudgevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gylbovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hoptevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Laumovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Madalivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Molauvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nurnegvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pelmivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Puclevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tecephavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Triniovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Trocevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ulegvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Yunchangviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Yǔncháng (允常), the father of Gōujiàn, the future King of the ancient Chinese state Yuè; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Goujianvirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Gōujiàn (勾踐), the king of the ancient Chinese Yuè State, during the Spring and Autumn Period; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Yueviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Yuè (越), a state during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Yuyuevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Polyploviricotina
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek πολύπλοκοV (polyplo), meaning "complex", referring to the generally multi-segmented genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricotina for subphylum taxa " }
Taxon: Bunyaviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Bunyamwera virus (an orthobunyavirus), a member of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Elliovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Richard Elliott, a pioneer of bunyavirus molecular virology; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Cruliviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from crustacean lincruvirus (an obsolete species name), referring to Wēnlǐng crustacean virus 9, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Lincruvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Fimoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from fig mosaic virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Emaravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hantaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the genus name Orthohantavirus, referring to the River Hantan (South Korea) where Hantaan virus, a member of the family, was discovered; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Actantavirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Actinovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Percilovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Agantavirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Agnathovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mammantavirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Loanvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mobatvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthohantavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Thottimvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Repantavirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Reptillovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Peribunyaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek περί (perí), meaning "around", and Bunyamwera virus, a member of the family named after Bunyamwera village (Uganda) where the virus was first isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Gryffinivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Herbevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Khurdivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lakivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lambavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthobunyavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pacuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Shangavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Phasmaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the genus name Orthophasmavirus, referring to phantom midges, host of the first isolated viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Cicadellivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Feravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hymovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Jonvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthophasmavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sawastrivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Wuhivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tospoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the genus name Orthotospovirus (from tomato spotted wilt virus),_ a genus in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Tulasviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Tulasnella, the genus of the host fungus of Tulasnella bunyavirales-like virus 1, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orthotulasvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Paratulasvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hareavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Basque harea meaning “sand”, referring to arenavirids (arena being Spanish for sand) and sandfly-borne phenuivirids, viruses in the order; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Arenaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Spanish arena, meaning “sand", referring to the appearance of mammarenavirus particles observed by electron-microscopy; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Antennavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hartmanivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Innmovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mammarenavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Reptarenavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Discoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from DiscVir, the name of the software used to discover some viruses of this family and addition of the vowel o; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orthodiscovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Konkoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Japanese Ukonko (鬱金香), meaning "tulip", referring to the host of a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Leishbuviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Leishmania and bunyavirus, referring to a genus of Trypanosomatidae, that includes the host of isolation of Leptomonas moramango virus, and the order Bunyavirales, which includes the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Shilevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mypoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Húběi myriapoda virus 5, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Hubavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nairoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Orthonairovirus, a genus in the family, referring to Nairobi (Kenya) where Nairobi sheep disease virus, a member of the family, was first isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Norwavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ocetevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthonairovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sabavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Shaspivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Striwavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Xinspivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Phenuiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the genus Phlebovirus, referring to phlebotomine vectors of sandfly fever group viruses, derived from the Ancient Greek φλέψ (phléps), meaning “vein”, and_ the genus Tenuivirus, from the Latin tenuis,_ meaning “thin”, describing the virion morphology of viruses in the genus, both genera in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Bandavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Beidivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Bocivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Citricivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Coguvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Entovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Goukovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Horwuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hudivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hudovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ixovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Laulavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lentinuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mechlorovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mobuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Phasivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Phlebovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pidchovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rubodvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tanzavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tenuivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Uukuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Wenrivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tosoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, Florida, USA, where the first member of the family was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Fraservirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Wupedeviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "frfom Wǔhàn millipede virus 2, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Wumivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Insthoviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Alphainfluenzavirus, Isavirus and Thogotovirus, three genera in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Articulavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin articulata, meaning "segmented", referring to the segmented genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Amnoonviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "phonetically from the Hebrew אַמְנוּן (amnun) for the fish tilapia, referring to tilapia lake virus, a member of this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Tilapinevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthomyxoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthos), meaning “correct” or “straight” and the Ancient Greek μύξα, (mýxa), meaning "mucus", referring to infection of the respiratory mucosa by viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pisuviricota
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from picornavirus supergroup, referring to a historical name for some members of the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Duplopiviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Italian duplo meaning "double" (a reference to double-stranded RNA) and picobirnaviruses, members of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Durnavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Italian duplo meaning "double" (a reference to double-stranded) and RNA for ribonucleaic acid, referring to the RNA genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Amalgaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Medieval Latin amalgama, meaning "mercury alloy", referring to the fact that viruses of the family blend (or alloy) the properties of the viruses in the Partitiviridae (re&colon; phylogeny) and the obsolete taxon Totiviridae (re&colon; genome organization); the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Curvulaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Curvularia protuberata, host of the first characterized virus in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Partitiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin partitius,_ meaning “divided”, referring to the_ bisegmented dsRNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphapartitivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betapartitivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cryspovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Deltapartitivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammapartitivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Picobirnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek pico, meaning “small”, the Latin prefix bi, meaning “two” and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the bisegmented dsRNA viral genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orthopicobirnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Soropartitiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin soror, meaning sister, and partiti-like, referring to the phylogenetic placement of HsPV1-like viruses as a sister group to bona fide partitivirids; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mycopleornaviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom the Greek mýkēs (myco), meaning "fungi, the Greek pleíōn (pleion), meaning "multiple" and RNA referring to a class of multi-segmemnted, dsRNA fungal viruses; the suffix ‑viricetes for class taxa
Taxon: Xenadelphovirales
Realm: Riboviria
EtymologyFrom the Greek xenos, meaning “alien” and the Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphos), meaning "brothers", referring the evolutionary relationship of two families in the order (Polymycoviridae and Hadakaviridae) despite their differences in genome structure and virion formation; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa
Taxon: Hadakaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Japanese hadaka (裸、はだか), meaning “naked”, referring to the capsidless nature of viruses in this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Hadakavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Polymycoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), meaning “many" and mukēs (myco), meaning fungus, referring to the hosts of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Polymycovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pisoniviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the names of the founding orders (Picornavirales, Sobelivirales, Nidovirales); the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Nidovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin nidus, meaning "nest", referring to the nested set of subgenomic mRNAs produced during replication of viruses in the taxon, with the addition of the vowel o ; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Abnidovirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Abyssoviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Abyssoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the word abyss, referring to the aquatic environment where Aplysia californica, the host of Aplysia abyssovirus 1, is found and the addition of the vowel o; to the Sumerian god of watery depths Abzu, and to the discovery of Aplysia abyssovirus 1 in an RNA transcriptome obtained by “deep” sequencing technology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Arnidovirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Arteriviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Arteriviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the name of a disease in horses, arteritis, caused by equine arteritis virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Crocarterivirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Muarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Equarterivirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Heroarterivirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lambdaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Simarterivirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Deltaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Epsilonarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Etaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Iotaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Thetaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Zetaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Variarterivirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nuarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Zealarterivirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Kappaarterivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cremegaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "in part referring to Mauremys megalocephala, the host of the chinese broadheaded pond turtle arterivirus, a member of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear " }
Taxon: Gresnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Guandong greater green snake arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Olifoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Hain oligodonformosanus arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Cornidovirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Coronaviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Coronaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin corona, meaning “halo”, referring to the appearance of virion surface projections on viruses of the family, which create an image reminiscent of the solar corona; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Letovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphaletovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthocoronavirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphacoronavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betacoronavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Deltacoronavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammacoronavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pitovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alphapironavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mesnidovirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mesoniviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Medioniviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin medius, meaning “middle”, and Nidovirales, referring to the_ genome size of viruses in the family, relative to other nidoviruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mesoniviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), meaning "middle", and Nidovirales, referring to the_ genome size of viruses in the family, relative to other nidoviruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Monidovirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mononiviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Mononiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos), meaning “sole" or "single” and Nidovirales, referring to the single open reading frame organisation of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Nanidovirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Nanghoshaviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Nanghoshaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Nanhai ghost shark arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Nanhypoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "in part referring to Hyporhamphus sajori, the host of Wuhan japanese halfbeak arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear " }
Taxon: Ronidovirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Roniviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Euroniviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek εὖ (eû), meaning “well" or "good”, and Roniviridae; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear " }
Taxon: Roniviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from rod-shaped nidovirus, referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Okanivirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nimanivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Okavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tornidovirineae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Tobaniviridae, the consonant r and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon and a consonant; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Tobaniviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Torovirus, Bafinivirus and Nidovirales, taxa in this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Picornavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Picornaviridae (itself from the Spanish pico, meaning "small"or "sharp") and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the size of the_ RNA genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Caliciviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin calix, meaning “cup” or “goblet”, referring to cup-shaped depressions on the virion surface of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Bavovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lagovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Minovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nacovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nebovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Norovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Recovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Salovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sapovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Valovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Vesivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Dicistroviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek di-, meaning "two" and cistron, a genetic unit, referring to the characteristic dicistronic arrangement of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Aparavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cripavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Triatovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Iflaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the former species name, Infectious flacherie virus (now Iflavirus flacherie), a taxon in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Iflavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Marnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin mare, meaning "sea", referring to the environment from which virus was isolated, and RNA, referring to ribonucleic acid, the genetic material of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Bacillarnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Kusarnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Labyrnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Locarnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Marnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Salisharnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sogarnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Noraviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Armenian nora, meaning "new", referring to_ Nora virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Picornaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from poliovirus, insensitivity to ether, coxsackievirus, orphan virus, rhinovirus, and ribonucleic acid; or from the Spanish pico, meaning "a small balance" i.e. unit of measurement and RNA, for ribonucleic acid, referring to the small RNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ailurivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Aphthovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Bopivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cardiovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cosavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Erbovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hunnivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Malagasivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mischivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mosavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Mupivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Senecavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Teschovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Torchivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tottorivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Anativirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Boosepivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Diresapivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Enterovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Felipivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Parabovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rabovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sapelovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Crahelivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Fipivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gruhelivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hepatovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rohelivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tremovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Dicipivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gallivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hemipivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Kobuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Livupivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ludopivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Megrivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Myrropivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Oscivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Passerivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pemapivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Poecivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rafivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rosavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sakobuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Salivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sicinivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Symapivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tropivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Aalivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Aquamavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Avihepatovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Avisivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Crohivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Grusopivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Kunsagivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Limnipivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Parechovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pasivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Potamipivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Shanbavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ampivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Harkavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Polycipiviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from polycistronic picorna-like, referring to the genome organisation of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Chipolycivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hupolycivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sopolycivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Secoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the amalgamation of the now defunct families Sequiviridae and Comoviridae (respectively from the Latin sequi, meaning to "accompany", referring to the dependent aphid transmission of parsnip yellow fleck virus, and from cowpea mosaic virus), both members of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Comovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Comovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Fabavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nepovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cheravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sadwavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sequivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Stralarivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Torradovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Waikavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Solinviviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Solenopsis invicta virus 3, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa  " }
Taxon: Invictavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Nyfulvavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sobelivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from sobemovirus-like; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Alvernaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Barnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Solemoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Sobemovirus (from Southern bean mosaic virus) and Polemovirus (from potato leafroll virus), two genera in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Enamovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Polemovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Polerovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sobemovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Stelpaviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the names of the founding orders (Stellavirales, Patatavirales); the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Hypofuvirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom Hypoviridae and Fusarviridae, referring to two families in the order; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa
Taxon: Fusariviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Fusarium graminearum, the host of the first virus characterized in this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphafusarivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betafusarivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammafusarivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Hypoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from hypovirulence, referring to the fact that some members of the family can induce hypovirulence to host fungi; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphahypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Deltahypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Epsilonhypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Etahypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammahypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Thetahypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Zetahypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Parahypoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom the Ancient Greek παρά (para), meaning "beside" and Hypoviridae, a sister taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Betahypovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Patatavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Italian patata meaning "potato", referencing potato virus Y, a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Potyliviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfrom 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
Taxon: Potyviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from potato virus Y, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Arepavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Bevemovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Brambyvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Bymovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Celavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ipomovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Macluravirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Poacevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Potyvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Roymovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rymovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tritimovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Stellavirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin stella, meaning "star", referrring to astroviruses, which are included in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Astroviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Yadokarivirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Yadokariviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Alphayadokarivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betayadokarivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orpoviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish orpo meaning orphan; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Bormycovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from ormycovirus and the letter B, randomly selected; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Alphaormycoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and ormycovirus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Deltaormycoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymologyfom the fourth Greek letter delta, the Finnish orpo, meaning “orphan” and the Greek mýkēs (myco), meaning “fungi”; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Formycovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from ormycovirus and the letter F, randomly selected; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Betaormycoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta), the second letter of the Greek alphabet, and ormycovirus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Gammaormycoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "om the Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma), the third letter of the Greek alphabet, and ormycovirus ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Birnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Aquabirnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Avibirnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Blosnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Dronavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Entomobirnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ronavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Telnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Permutotetraviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Pararnavirae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Artverviricota
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from reverse transcriptase when read backwards, referring to the mode of genome replication of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Revtraviricetes
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from reverse transcriptase, referring to the mode of genome replication of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Blubervirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Barry Blumberg for his role in hepatitis B research; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Hepadnaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Avihepadnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Herpetohepadnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Metahepadnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Orthohepadnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Parahepadnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Ortervirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Belpaoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Drosophila melanogaster Bel virus and the Bombyx mori Pao virus, two members of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Semotivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Caulimoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from cauliflower mosaic virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Badnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Caulimovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Cavemovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Dioscovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Petuvirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Rosadnavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Solendovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Soymovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tungrovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Vaccinivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Metaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from the late Latin metathesis, meaning “transposition”, referring to the family of retrotransposons; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Errantivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Metavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pseudoviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Hemivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Pseudovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Sirevirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Retroviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "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 " }
Taxon: Orthoretrovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Alpharetrovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Betaretrovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Deltaretrovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Epsilonretrovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Gammaretrovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Lentivirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Spumaretrovirinae
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Bovispumavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Equispumavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Felispumavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Prosimiispumavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Simiispumavirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tombendovirales
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from tombusvirid-dependent; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Pamosaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from Panicum mosaic virus and satellite; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Sarthroviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from small virus of arthropods, referring to the host (giant freshwater prawns) of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Macronovirus
Realm: Riboviria
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Taxon: Tomosaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from tobacco mosaic virus and satellite ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Tonesaviridae
Realm: Riboviria
Etymology{ value: "from tobacco necrosis virus and satellite; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ribozyviria
Realm: Ribozyviria
Etymology{ value: "from ribozyme, a unique and defining component of viruses of the realm; the suffix -viria for realm taxa " }
Taxon: Kolmioviridae
Realm: Ribozyviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish kolmio, meaning "triangle", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Greek letter Δ δέλτα (délta), referring to the genus Deltavirus, a taxon in the family that was named after delta-antigen; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Daazvirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Dagazvirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Daletvirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Dalvirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Deevirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Deltavirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Dobrovirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Donvirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Perideltavirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Perithurisazvirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Thurisazvirus
Realm: Ribozyviria
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Taxon: Singelaviria
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin singulus, meaning single, and the Latin gelata, meaning jelly (a reference to single jelly-roll capsid protein); the suffix -viria for realm taxa " }
Taxon: Helvetiavirae
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin helvetia meaning "Swiss", a referring to the Swiss roll (an alternative name for jelly roll) and hence a reference to the jelly roll fold of the capsid proteins of viruses in this taxon; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Dividoviricota
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Esperanto divido, meaning "division", referring to the split double jelly roll (two vertical single jelly roll) major capsid protein encoded by viruses in this taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Laserviricetes
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Serpentine Lake, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia, where archaeal virus SH1, the first isolated virus of this taxon, was discovered; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Ducavirales
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymologyfrom the Lithuanian du, meaning "two" and capsid, referring to two major capsid proteins of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa
Taxon: Nanicoviridae
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymologyfrom Danakil Nanohaloarchaeota icosahedral virus 1, the founding member of this family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Halopanivirales
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Haloarcula hispanica, the host of archaeal virus SH1, the founding member of this clade; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Matsushitaviridae
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour the Japanese virologist Isao Matsushita, who isolated Thermus phage IN93, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Simuloviridae
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin simulo meaning "pretend", referring to the conclusion that genomes of the viruses in this family were first thought to be plasmids; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Yingchengvirus
Realm: Singelaviria
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Taxon: Sphaerolipoviridae
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin sphaera, meaning “sphere” and the Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos), meaning “fat”, referring to virion morphology and the internal protein-rich membrane vesicle of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphasphaerolipovirus
Realm: Singelaviria
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Taxon: Salinicovirales
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymologyfrom saline, referring to the environment in which these viruses were found, and icosahedral, referring to the head morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa
Taxon: Halicoviridae
Realm: Singelaviria
Etymologyfrom Danakil Halobacteriales icosahedral virus 1, the founding member of this family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Varidnaviria
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from various DNA viruses; the suffix -viria for realm taxa " }
Taxon: Abadenavirae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin ab, meaning "away, removed, not", and adenain-like capsid; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Produgelaviricota
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from prokaryote, and the Latin duobus gelata, meaning "double jelly" (a reference to double jelly-roll capsid protein); the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Ainoaviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Finnish ainoa, meaning "only" or "single", referring to the single-stranded DNA genome of viruses in this taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Lautamovirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honor Jaana K.H. Bamford (nee Lautamo) who established phage research at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Finnlakeviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Finnish and lake, referring to the location where Flavobacterium phage FLiP, a member of the family, was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Finnlakevirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Belvinaviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Belfryvirales and Vinavirales; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Atroposvirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Atropos, one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, equivalent to Norns in Norse mythology; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Skuldviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Skuld, one of the three Norns, the most powerful beings in Norse mythology that govern the lives of gods and mortals; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Belfryvirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from belfry, a tower (turret), referencing the turret-like appendages that decorate the capsid shell of viruses in this taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Turriviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin turris, meanimg "turret", referring to the turreted structure of the icosahedral virion of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphaturrivirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Coyopavirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Coyopa, the god of thunder in Mayan mythology; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Chaacviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Chaac, the god of rain in Mayan mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Vinavirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Viña del Mar, Chile, where phage PM2, a member of the taxon, was first isolated; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Asemoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek asemos, meaning unknown, fameless or obscure, referring to the fact that phage NO16 was found to be globally distributed as a vibrio prophage but had not been detected using standard prophage-finding tools; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Autolykiviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Autolykos, a Greek mythological character, who was described as being difficult to catch; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Corticoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "derived from the Latin cortex, meaning “crust” or “bark”, referring to the protective layer of the capsid protein in virions of viruses in the family ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Merivirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Mestraviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mestra, the wife of Autolykus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Parnassusviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mount Parnassus where Autolykus lived in Greek mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Bamfordvirae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Dennis Bamford who first promoted the evolutionary unity of all DJR-MCP (double jelly-roll major capsid protein) viruses; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Nucleocytoviricota
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs), an unofficial name for this group of viruses; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Megaviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek μέγας (mégas), meaning "large", referring to the extremely large genome size of viruses in this taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Algavirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from alga, referring to the hosts of many viruses in this taxon&colon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Phycodnaviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos), meaning “seaweed” and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the host (marine or freshwater eukaryotic algae) and the dsDNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Imitervirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the French imiter, meaning "to mimic", referring to mimiviruses (microbe-imitating); the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Orthomivirineae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Ancient Greek ὀρθός (ortho), meaning "straight" or "correct" and Imitervirales, the parent taxon; the suffix ‑virineae for suborder taxa
Taxon: Mimiviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from microbe mimicking because the large particle size of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Paramivirineae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymologyfrom the Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ (para), meaning "related" or "similar" and Imitervirales, the parent taxon; the suffix ‑virineae for suborder taxa
Taxon: Allomimiviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), meaning "other" or "another" and Mimiviridae, referring to the evolutionary relationship between the two families; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mesomimiviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), meaning "middle" and Mimiviridae, referring to the evolutionary relationship of viruses in the two families; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Schizomimiviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō) meaning "split" and Mimiviridae, referring to the evolutionary relationship of viruses in the two families; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pimascovirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from pithoviruses, iridoviruses, marseilleviruses and ascoviruses, members of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Ocovirineae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin ovoideum cum ore meaning "ovoid with a mouth", referring to the virion morphology; the suffix -virinae for suborder taxa " }
Taxon: Hydriviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from hydrivirus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orpheoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Orpheus, a Thracian musician, poet and prophet in Greek mythology, and the addition of the vowel o; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa. Connection uncertain " }
Taxon: Pithoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Ancient Greek πίθος (píthos) a large container, referring to the morphology of virions of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Orthocedratvirinae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the French cédrat, a type of lemon, referring to the morhology of virions of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ascoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "phonetically from the Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós), meaning "tube" or “sac”, referring to the virion-containing vesicles produced by cleavage of host cells, which are characteristic for viruses of this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ascovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Toursvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Iridoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Iris (iridos), the daughter of mythological Greek gods, whose sign was the rainbow, referring to the iridescent appearance of invertebrates infected with viruses of the family as well as centrifuged pellets of virions; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphairidovirinae
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Lymphocystivirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Megalocytivirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Ranavirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Betairidovirinae
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Chloriridovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Decapodiridovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Iridovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Marseilleviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Marseille, the French city where Marseillevirus marseillevirus, a member of the family, was discovered; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mamonoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Japanese mamono (魔物), meaning “monster”, referring to the term "giant" used to describe the genome and virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mriyaviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Ukrainian мрія [outdated transliteration&colon; mriya], meaning dream; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Yaraviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Yara, the mother of waters, a_ mythological character of the Tupi indigenous people of Brazil; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Pokkesviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Middle English pokkes, meaning "pox", referring to the disease manifestation associated with some viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Asfuvirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "from Asfarviridae and "faustovirus" (a likely member of the order together with "pacmanviruses" and "kaumoebaviruses"); the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Asfarviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from African swine fever and related viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Asfivirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Chitovirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the name of a higher-rank taxon for poxviruses proposed by Lwoff and Tournier in 1966 (“Chitovirales”; from the Greek χιτών, (khitōn), a tunic garment, referring to the morphological structure of poxviruses); the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Poxviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Old English poc, meaning “pustule”, referring to the disease pox associated with some viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Chordopoxvirinae
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Avipoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Capripoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Centapoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Cervidpoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Crocodylidpoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Leporipoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Macropopoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Molluscipoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Mustelpoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Orthopoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Oryzopoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Parapoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Pteropopoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Salmonpoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Sciuripoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Suipoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Vespertilionpoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Yatapoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Entomopoxvirinae
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Alphaentomopoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Betaentomopoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Deltaentomopoxvirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Preplasmiviricota
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from "precursor of certain plasmids", referring to the evolutionary relationship between viviricetessome viruses in the taxa and some plasmids; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Polisuviricotina
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from polinton-like supergroup; the suffix -viricotina for subphylum taxa " }
Taxon: Aquintoviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin aqua, meaning water, and polinton (a reference to polintons first being associated with aquatic environments); the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Archintovirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "from the Greek_ ἀρχός (archo), meaning "ruler, widespread", and polinton; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Phypoliviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from phytoplankton and polinton; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Pharingeaviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin pharingea, meaning throat (a reference to adenovirids infecting adenoids); the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Rowavirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "to honour Wallace P. Rowe, one of the co-discoverers of adenoviruses in 1953, with the addition of the vowel a; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Adenoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from adenoid, the tissue where adenoviruses, originally named adenoid degeneration viruses, were discoverd in 1953; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Aviadenovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Barthadenovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Ichtadenovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Mastadenovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Siadenovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Testadenovirus
Realm: Varidnaviria
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Taxon: Polintoviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the initial naming of adintoviruses as polinton “transposons", referring to the type B DNA polymerase (PolB) and retrovirus-like integrase genes encoded by members of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Amphintovirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin amphi, meaning both, and polinton (a reference to the two lifestyles of polintoviricetes as transposons or viruses); the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Eupolintoviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek εὖ (eu) meaning true, and polinton (a reference to these viruses being the first polintoviricetes to be classified); the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Virophaviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from virophage; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Divpevirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from divergent penton proteins, referring to the exceptional genome organisation of members of the taxon; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Ruviroviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from rumen virophages, referring to the source of members in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Lavidavirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from large virus dependent or associated, referring to the dependence on, or association with, a large dsDNA virus of the family Mimiviridae; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Maviroviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Maverick-related virus and the suffix -viro, referring to the first isolated member of the taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Mividavirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mimivirus dependent or associated, referring to the replication of taxon members in association with a mimivirus; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Sputniviroviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Sputnik virus 1, and the addition of the vowel o, referring to the first isolated member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Priklausovirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Lithuanian priklausomas, meaning "dependent", a reference to the family Lavidaviridae (large virus dependent associated) a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Burtonviroviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Mary Burton Gulliver, the wife of Lemuel Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels (a novel by Jonathon Swift) and the addition of the suffix -viro, referring to members of the family as most closely related to the large virophages; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Dishuiviroviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Dishui Lake in China, where the first member of the family, Chlorella virophage isolate SW01, was obtained and the addition of the suffix -viro, referring to members of the family as related to the large virophages; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Gulliviroviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Lemuel Gulliver, the main character of Gulliver’s Travels (a novel by Jonathon Swift) and the addition of the suffix -viro, referring to members of the family as “giant" virophages but still relatively small compared to their associated giant viruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Omnilimnoviroviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin omni meaning “all or everywhere”, the Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē) meaning "lake" and the addition of the suffix -viro, referring to_ freshwater environments, since members of this virophage family were detected across a broad geographic range of freshwater lakes; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Prepoliviricotina
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from predecessor of polintoviricetes; the suffix -viricotina for subphylum taxa " }
Taxon: Tectiliviricetes
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from tectivirid-like, referring to viruses of the family Tectiviridae; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Kalamavirales
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from Kalamazoo, USA, where Pseudomonas phage PRD1 a member of the taxon was first isolated ; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Tectiviridae
Realm: Varidnaviria
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin tectus, meaning "covered",_ referring to a lipid envelope covering the DNA compartment and separating the genomic DNA from a protein capsid in viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Volvereviria
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin volvere, meaning “to roll”, referring to the rolling circle replication uniformly used by viruses in this realm; the suffix ‑viria for realm taxa.
Taxon: Sangervirae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymology{ value: "to honour Frederick Sanger, who used “phage phiX174” to deduce the first-ever DNA genome sequence; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa " }
Taxon: Phixviricota
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymology{ value: "from Escherichia phage phiX174, a member of the taxon that has been central to the history of virology and molecular biology; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa " }
Taxon: Microviricetes
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Ancient Greek μικρός (mikros), meaning "small", referring to the size of the genomes of viruses in the class; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa
Taxon: Alpavirales
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Sanskrit अल्प (alpa), meaning "small, referring to the size of virus genomes in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa
Taxon: Lilleviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Danish lille, meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Litenviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Norwegian liten, meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Litilviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Islandic lítil (litill), meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Pieniviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Finnish pieni, meanimg "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Pikkuviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Finnish pikku,meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes of in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Amoyvirales
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom Amoy, the romanized name of Xiamen University, where the founding member of this taxon was isolated; the suffix -virales for order taxa
Taxon: Liberviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom Liberbacter sp., the hosts of representative viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Mazaviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Lithuanian mažas (mazas), meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Bullavirales
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin bulla, meaning "knob" or "stud", referring to the major spike protein on the surface of member viruses; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa
Taxon: Eubullaviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Ancient Greek Greek εὖ (eu), meaning "true " and Bullaviridae, a defunct family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Pequenoviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Spanish pequeño (pequeno), meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Piccoloviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Italian piccolo, meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Piticuviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Sardinian piticcu, meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Gokushovirales
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Japanese gokusho, meaning "very small", referring to the genome size of member viruses, which are smaller than other microviruses; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa
Taxon: Alphagokushoviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the first letter of the Greek alphabet alpha and the Japanese gokusho, meaning "very small", referring to the genome size of member viruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Betagokushoviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the second letter of the Greek alphabet beta and the Japanese gokusho, meaning "very small", referring to the genome size of member viruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Groupodiviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom Group D and the vowel i, a previous name for this clade of viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Pichoviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Occitan pichon, meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Sukshmaviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Sanskrit सूक्ष्म (sukschma), meaning "minute", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Reekeekeevirales
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom reekeekee, a phonic, English-style spelling of the French word riquiqui, meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa
Taxon: Osikeviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Molengue (Equatorial Guinea, Gabon) osike, meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Roodoodoovirales
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom roo-doo-doo, a phonic, English-style spelling of the French word roudoudou, referring to a small sweet and referencing the the size of virus genomes in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa
Taxon: Kidogoviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Swahili (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) kidogo, meaning "a little", referring to the size of the genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Secretvirales
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the English secret, meaning ‘hidden’ referring to two families in the order that were only discovered lately; the suffix -virales for order taxa
Taxon: Chicoviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Spanish chico, meaning "small", referring to the size of virus genomes in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Occultatumviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Latin occultatum, meaning “hidden”, referring to a group of virus discovered lately; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Tainaviridae
Realm: Volvereviria
Etymologyfrom the Romanian taină (taina), meaning "secret", referring to a group of virus discovered lately; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Naldaviricetes
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from NALDV meaning "nuclear arthropod large DNA viruses; the suffix ‑viricetes for class taxa " }
Taxon: Lefavirales
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from “late expression factor”, referring to genes identified in a screen for ORFs required for, or supporting, late-phase baculovirus transcription; the suffix -virales for order taxa " }
Taxon: Baculoviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin baculus, meaning “stick", referring to the morphology of virions of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphabaculovirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Betabaculovirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Deltabaculovirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Gammabaculovirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Filamentoviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin filamentum, meaning “filament”, referring to the filamentous-shape of virus particles observed in infected tissues; the suffix –viridae for family taxa. " }
Taxon: Hytrosaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), meaning, “excessive” and τροφή (trophḗ), meaning “nourishment", and sialoadenitis, meaning salivary gland inflammation referring to the salivary gland hypertrophy in_ hosts infected by viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Glossinavirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Muscavirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Nudiviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin nudus, meaning "naked", part of a previously used name nudibaculovirus, describing viruses with rod-shaped nucleocapsids lacking a protein matrix such as polyhedrin or granulin; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphanudivirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Betanudivirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Deltanudivirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Gammanudivirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Nimaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Hebrew nima, meaning “thread”, referring to the thread- or tail-like polar extension (appendage) on virions of some viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Whispovirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Alphasatellitidae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet and the Latin satellit, meaning "attendent", referring to mobile genetic elements that are dependent upon a helper virus to spread. The suffix -satelittidae is used for satelitte family taxa " }
Taxon: Ampullaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin ampulla, meaning "bottle", referring to the unique bottle-shaped morphology of the virion; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Bottigliavirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Avsunviroidae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from a member of the family, Avocado sunblotch viroid, an infectious agent consisting only of naked RNA; the suffix -viroidae is used for viroid family taxa " }
Taxon: Avsunviroid
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Elaviroid
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Pelamoviroid
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Bartogtaviriformidae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the host genus name Bartonella and gene transfer agent; the suffix -viriformidae is used for viriform family taxa " }
Taxon: Basaltiviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymologyfrom the Latin basaltes, meaning "basalt", referring to the environment in which these viruses were found; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Bicaudaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin bi meaning "two"_ and the Latin cauda meaning " tail", referring to the virion morhologlogy of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Bicaudavirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Brachygtaviriformidae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the host genus name Brachyspira and gene transfer agent; the suffix -viriformidae is used for viriform family taxa " }
Taxon: Clavaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from Latin clava, meaning "club" or "stick", referring to the rigid, bacilliform virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Clavavirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Eurekaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Greek Eureka meaning “I have found it”, also the name of common variety of lemons, reminiscent of the virion shape; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Fuselloviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin fusillo, meaning "little spindle", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Globuloviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin globulus, meaning “small ball”, referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphaglobulovirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Guttaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin gutta, meaning "drop", referring to the droplet-shaped virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Betaguttavirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Halspiviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from halophilic, referring to the halophilic archaeal hosts of viruses in the family and spindle-shaped, referring to virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Huangdiviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from Huangdi, the legendary Chinese sovereign often associated with important inventions; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Itzamnaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from Itzamna, Lord of the Heavens as well as night and day in the Mayan mythology; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa; connection unclear " }
Taxon: Lomiviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymologyfrom the Amharic ሎሚ (lomi), meaning "lemon", referring to the morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Nipumfusiviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ format: basic_html, value: "from the deduced host Nitrosopumilaceae and from the Latin fusi meaning spindles referring to the the possible morphology; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Obscuriviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin obscurus, meaning ambiguous or uncertain, referring to unresolved status of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Ovaliviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin ovalis, meaning "egg shaped", referring to the virion capsid architechture of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphaovalivirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Plasmaviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma), meaning “something formed”,_ referring to the plastic virion shape of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Plasmavirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Polydnaviriformidae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), meaning “many" and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to_ the multiple segments of dsDNA genomes of agents in the family;_ the suffix -viriformidae is used for viriform family taxa " }
Taxon: Portogloboviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin portare, meaning ‘to carry’ and globus, meaning ‘a ball’, referring to the round shape of the nucleoprotein virion core of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphaportoglobovirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Pospiviroidae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from a member of the family, potato spindle tuber viroid, an infectious agent consisting only of naked RNA; the suffix -viroidae for viroid family taxa " }
Taxon: Apscaviroid
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Cocadviroid
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Coleviroid
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Hostuviroid
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Pospiviroid
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Rhodogtaviriformidae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the host order name Rhodobacterales and gene transfer agent;_ the suffix -viriformidae is used for viriform family taxa " }
Taxon: Spiraviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from the Latin spira, meaning “coil”, referring to virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Alphaspiravirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Thaspiviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from thaumarchaeal and spindle-shaped virus, referring to the host and virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa " }
Taxon: Nitmarvirus
Realm: Unassigned
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Taxon: Tolecusatellitidae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymology{ value: "from tomato leaf curl virus satellite, the first DNA satellite shown to be associated with geminiviruses and the Latin satellit, meaning "attendent", referring to mobile genetic elements that are dependent upon a helper virus to spread._ The suffix -satellitidae is used for satellite family taxa " }
Taxon: Xigoviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymologyfrom the Afar xigô (xigo), meaning "lemon", referring to the morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa
Taxon: Yamazakiviridae
Realm: Unassigned
Etymologyto honour Syuji Yamazaki, the Japanese microbiologist for his pioneering work on Aeropyrum pernix, the host of Aeropyrum pernix spindle-shaped virus 1; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa