Virus Taxonomy: Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses : Seventh Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses - Rilegato

International Committee On Taxonomy Of Viruses; Van Regenmortel, M. H. V.; International Union Of Microbiological Societies Virology Division

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ISBN 10: 0123702003 ISBN 13: 9780123702005

Casa editrice: Academic Pr, 2000

Riassunto

Universal, unambiguous virus taxonomy (naming and categorization) is vital for distinguishing the thousands of viruses which have been isolated from humans, animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and archae. Before an official identification and classification system was devised, there was much confusion and duplication of viruses isolated in different labs around the world. The first internationally organized attempts to introduce some order in the bewildering variety of viruses took place at the International Congress of Microbiology held in Moscow in 1966. A committee, later called The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), was given the task of developing a single, universal taxonomic scheme for all the viruses.
This is the seventh report produced by the ICTV and builds on the accumulated taxonomic data of its predecessors and records the proceedings of the Committee since 1995, including decisions reached at the Tenth International Congress of Virology held in Jerusalem in 1996, and at mid-term meetings in 1997 and 1998. The information is essential for anyone working in the field of virology. Clinicians in diagnostic laboratories, researchers citing viruses in published papers, and virologists in the business industry all must have the most updated virus taxonomy to make the appropriate references. The number of recognized viruses continues to grow with the development of better detection techniques, and the rapid evolution of virus variants.

Key Features
* The official reference for virus taxonomy and nomenclature
* Contains 30% new taxa, including two major new contributions on the phylogenetic relationships between viruses, and application of the virus species concept throughout the virus world
* Compiles information from 300-400 experts
* Covers over 4000 recognized viruses, organized by family, with diagrams of genome organization and virus replication cycle where know
* Includes over 300 figures and illustrations

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Product Description

[edited by M.H.V. van Regenmortel ... [et al.]] [XII, 1162 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.] [ABSTRACT: The bulk of this book describes the viruses and virus taxa approved by the International Committee on Virus Taxonomy (ICTV) up to 1999, incorporating, in addition to the contents of the Sixth Report, decisions made at the Tenth International Congress of Virology in 1996 and at subsequent midterm meetings. Descriptions of the most important characteristics of these taxa are provided, together with a list of species and tentative species and selected references. In total there are 3 orders, 56 families, 9 subfamilies, 233 genera and 1550 species; virus satellites, viroids and prions are also described. Short introductory sections discuss the species concept in virus taxonomy and describe the ICTV's Universal Virus Database, and a short final section gives details of the ICTV.] [TABLE OF CONTENTS : - Contributors - Preface Part 1 : The Species Concept - Introduction to the Species Concept in Virus Taxonomy / Marc H.V. van Regenmortel Part 2 : ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database of ICTV (ICTVdB) / Cornelia Büchen-Osmond ... [et al.] Part 3 : The Viruses - Glossary of Abbreviations and Virological Terms - Virus Diagrams / Claude Fauquet - Families and Genera of Viruses: Nature of the Genome - Families and Genera of Viruses: Size of the Genome - Key to the Placement of Viruses in Taxa - The Order of Presentation of the Viruses - Description of Virus Taxa Part 4 : The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses - Members and Officers of the ICTV, 1996-1999 - Statutes of the ICTV, 1998 - International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature, 1998 - Format for Submission of New Taxonomic Proposals Part 5 : Indexes - Index of Viruses - Index of Taxa] [NUOVO (Copertina rigida editoriale) (Illustrazioni a colori e in B/N)]

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Academic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0123702003
• ISBN 13: 9780123702005
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 1162
• Redattore: Fauquet C. M., Bishop D. H. L., Carstens E. B., Estes M. K., Lemon Stanley M., Maniloff J., Mayo Mary Ann, McGeoch D. J., Pringle Craig R., Wickner Reed B., Van Regenmortel M. H. V.
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