Difference between revisions of "Virus Taxonomy"
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| − | There is an internationally agreed scheme within which viron characteristics can be assigned as these constitute five main hierarchical levels; order, family, subfamily, genus and species. Virus orders all have the suffix ''-virales'' and virus families have the suffix ''-viridae'' whilst a sub-family is denoted by ''-virinae''.Virus genera are denoted by the suffix ''-virus''. Only two of the orders discovered so far contain viruses that are able to infect animals. The first is ''Mononegavirales'' which contains the families ''Paramyxoviridae'', ''Rhabdoviridae'', ''Bornaviridae'' and ''Filoviridae''. The second order is '' | + | There is an internationally agreed scheme within which viron characteristics can be assigned as these constitute five main hierarchical levels; order, family, subfamily, genus and species. Virus orders all have the suffix ''-virales'' and virus families have the suffix ''-viridae'' whilst a sub-family is denoted by ''-virinae''.Virus genera are denoted by the suffix ''-virus''. Only two of the orders discovered so far contain viruses that are able to infect animals. The first is ''Mononegavirales'' which contains the families ''Paramyxoviridae'', ''Rhabdoviridae'', ''Bornaviridae'' and ''Filoviridae''. The second order is ''Nidovirales'' which comprises ''Coronaviridae'' and ''Arteriviridae''. |
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Latest revision as of 04:38, 19 February 2015
There is an internationally agreed scheme within which viron characteristics can be assigned as these constitute five main hierarchical levels; order, family, subfamily, genus and species. Virus orders all have the suffix -virales and virus families have the suffix -viridae whilst a sub-family is denoted by -virinae.Virus genera are denoted by the suffix -virus. Only two of the orders discovered so far contain viruses that are able to infect animals. The first is Mononegavirales which contains the families Paramyxoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Bornaviridae and Filoviridae. The second order is Nidovirales which comprises Coronaviridae and Arteriviridae.
For a list of viruses by viral species please see Category:Viruses
For a list of viruses by animal species please see Viruses by Species.