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1 online resource (1462 pages) |
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Front Cover; Virus Taxonomy; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; The Editors; The Contributors; I: Introduction; Introduction to Virus Taxonomy; Glossary of Abbreviations; Families and Genera of Viruses Listed According to the Nature of the Genome; Virus Diagrams; II: The Viruses; Order of Presentation of Virus Taxonomic Descriptions; The Double Stranded DNA Viruses; OrderCaudovirales; Taxonomic structure of the order; Virion properties; Morphology; Physicochemical and physical properties; Nucleic acid; Proteins; Lipids; Carbohydrates; Genome organization and replication |
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Genome organizationReplication; Virion assembly and DNA packaging; Antigenic properties; Biological properties; Infection; Latency; Host range; Transmission in nature; Geographic distribution; Phylogenetic relationships within the order and the perils of mosaicism; Similarity with other taxa; Derivation of names; Further reading; FamilyMyoviridae; Taxonomic structure of the family; Distinguishing features of the family; Genus"T4-like viruses"; Distinguishing features of the genus; Virion properties; Morphology; Physicochemical and physical properties; Nucleic acid; Proteins; Lipids |
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CarbohydratesGenome organization and replication; Antigenic properties; Biological properties; Species demarcation criteria in the genus; List of species in the genus "T4-like viruses"; List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "T4-like viruses" but have not been approved as species; Genus"P1-like viruses"; Distinguishing features of the genus; Virion properties; Morphology; Physicochemical and Physical Properties; Nucleic Acid; Proteins; Lipids; Carbohydrates; Genome organization and replication; Antigenic properties; Biological properties |
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Species demarcation criteria in the genusList of species in the genus "P1-like viruses"; List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "P1-like" viruses but have not been approved as species; Genus"P2-like viruses"; Distinguishing features; Virion properties; Morphology; Physicochemical and Physical Properties; Nucleic Acid; Proteins; Lipids; Carbohydrates; Genome organization and replication; Antigenic properties; Biological properties; Species demarcation criteria in the genus; List of species in the genus "P2-like viruses." |
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List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "P2-like viruses" but have not been approved as speciesGenus"Mu-like viruses"; Distinguishing features; Virion properties; Morphology; Physicochemical and Physical Properties; Nucleic Acid; Proteins; Lipids; Carbohydrates; Genome organization and replication; Antigenic relationships; Biological properties; Species demarcation criteria in the genus; List of species in the genus "Mu-like viruses"; List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "Mu-like viruses" but have not been approved as species |
| Summary |
The practical need to partition the world of viruses into distinguishable, universally agreed upon entities is the ultimate justification for developing a virus classification system. Since 1971, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) operating on behalf of the world community of virologists has taken on the task of developing a single, universal taxonomic scheme for all viruses infecting animals (vertebrate, invertebrates, and protozoa), plants (higher plants and algae), fungi, bacteria, and archaea. The current report builds on the accumulated taxonomic construction of |
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Genus"SPO1-like viruses." |
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Print version record |
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Viruses -- Classification.
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Viruses -- Nomenclature.
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Viruses
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Classification
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Terminology
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lefkowitz, Elliot
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Adams, Michael J
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Carstens, Eric B
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| ISBN |
9780123846853 |
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0123846854 |
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