gammacoronavirus

Etymology

From the genus name.

noun

  1. Any virus of the genus Gammacoronavirus.“While gammacoronaviruses mainly comprise infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and its closely related bird coronaviruses (CoVs), the only mammalian gammacoronavirus was discovered from a white beluga whale (beluga whale CoV [BWCoV] SW1) in 2008.”