Database details
| Full name: | ICTV/MSL: International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses / Master Species List |
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| Short name: | ICTV_MSL |
| Version: | Apr 2008 |
| Release date: | 2008-09-30 |
| Authors/editors: | Lefkowitz E.J. (ed) |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Viruses |
| English name of the group: | Viruses and subviral agents |
| Number of species: | 2,083 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 0 |
| Number of synonyms: | 0 |
| Number of common names: | 0 |
| Total number of names: | 2,083 |
| Abstract: | The International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) has charged the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) with the task of developing, refining, and maintaining a universal virus taxonomy. The goal of this undertaking is to categorize the multitude of known virus into a single classification scheme that reflects their evolutionary relationships, i.e. their individual phylogenies. |
| Organization: | International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) |
| Website: |
http://ictvonline.org |