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Virus classification - where do you draw the line?

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High-throughput sequencing (HTS) and its use in recovering and assembling novel virus sequences from environmental, human clinical, veterinary and plant samples has unearthed a vast new catalogue of viruses. Their classification, known by their sequences alone, sets a major challenge to traditional virus taxonomy, especially at the family and species levels, which have been historically based largely on descriptive taxon definitions. These typically entail some knowledge of their phenotypic p...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s00705-018-3938-z

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
NDM Experimental Medicine
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
NDM Experimental Medicine
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Publisher:
Springer
Journal:
Archives of Virology More from this journal
Volume:
163
Issue:
8
Pages:
2037-2046
Publication date:
2018-07-24
Acceptance date:
2018-07-03
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EISSN:
1432-8798
ISSN:
0304-8608
Pmid:
30039318
Language:
English
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pubs:891117
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uuid:256c897b-30cc-4146-ad80-5c272c6932e0
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pubs:891117
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891117
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2018-09-11

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