Virus taxonomy classification and nomenclature of viruses : eighth report of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses /

Virus taxonomy classification and nomenclature of viruses : eighth report of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses / [Book] : edited by C. M. Fauquet ... [et al.]. - San Diego, Calif. ; London : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005. - viii, 1259 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 sheet 28 x 43 cm. folded to 28 x 22 cm.

Includes sheet: "Virosphere 2005".

This is the standard and definitive reference for virus taxonomy, generated by the ICTV approximately every 3 years. The VIII ICTV Virus Taxonomy Report provides information on 3 orders of viruses, 73 families, 9 subfamilies, 287 genera and 1938 virus species, illustrated by more than 429 pictures and diagrams, most of them in color. * The standard official ITCV reference for virus taxonomy and nomenclature, compiling data from 500 international experts * Covers over 6000 recognized viruses, organized by family with diagrams of genome organization and virus replication cycle* Provides data on the phylogenic relationships between viruses belonging to the same or different taxa* Now includes information about the qualitative and quantitative relationships between virus sequences.

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Viruses--classification--Terminology.
Virology--Terminology.
Virology--Classification.
Virologie--Classification.

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