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Possibility and challenges of conversion of current virus species names to Linnaean Binomials
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(2017) Possibility and challenges of conversion of current virus species names to Linnaean Binomials. Systematic Biology, 66 (3). pp. 463-473. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw096 ISSN 1063-5157.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syw096
Abstract
Botanical, mycological, zoological, and prokaryotic species names follow the Linnaean format, consisting of an italicized Latinized binomen with a capitalized genus name and a lower case species epithet (e.g., Homo sapiens). Virus species names, however, do not follow a uniform format, and, even when binomial, are not Linnaean in style. In this thought exercise, we attempted to convert all currently official names of species included in the virus family Arenaviridae and the virus order Mononegavirales to Linnaean binomials, and to identify and address associated challenges and concerns. Surprisingly, this endeavor was not as complicated or time-consuming as even the authors of this article expected when conceiving the experiment. [Arenaviridae; binomials; ICTV; International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses; Mononegavirales; virus nomenclature; virus taxonomy.]
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Systematic Biology | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 1063-5157 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 1 May 2017 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 66 | ||||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 463-473 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/sysbio/syw096 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
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