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Table 2 Explanation of novel proposed names

From: Highly diverse population of Picornaviridae and other members of the Picornavirales, in Cameroonian fruit bats

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