A critique of the use of species and below-species taxonomic terms for viruses—time for change?
The International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) regulates assignment and names of virus species and higher taxa through its taxonomy proposal and ratification process. Despite using similar taxonomic ranks to those used elsewhere in biology, the ICTV has maintained the principle that...
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Oxford University Press
2024
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