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  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Viruses and Viroids
  3. DNA viruses
  4. dsDNA viruses
  5. Iridoviridae
  6. Iridovirus
  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Nucleocytoviricota
  3. Megaviricetes
  4. Pimascovirales
  5. Iridoviridae
  6. Iridovirus

Preferred term

Iridovirus

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information A genus of Iridoviridae comprising small iridescent insect viruses. The infected larvae and purified virus pellets exhibit a blue to purple iridescence.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • iridescent viruses

Source

  • International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47418

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