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. 2017 Mar 23;18:249. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3632-7

Table 2.

Explanation of novel proposed names

Name of virus Explanation
Posalivirus Posa-like virus
Fisalivirus Fisa-like virus
Felisa-virus from fesa-like virus (Fesalivirus) to avoid confusion with fisalivirus
Badicivirus bat dicistrovirus
Dicibavirus anagram from bat dicistrovirus because this virus has exchanged CP and Hel-Prot-Pol domains compared to badicivirus