Virus Taxonomy: VIIIth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
| By: | Fauquet, Claude M.; Mayo, M.A.; Maniloff, J.; Desselberger, U.; Ball, L.A. |
| Publisher: | Elsevier S & T |
| Print ISBN: | 9780122499517 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780080575483 |
| Edition: | 2 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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