How to Name and Classify Your Phage: An Informal Guide

Adriaenssens, Evelien M ORCID: 0000-0003-4826-5406 and Brister, J Rodney (2017) How to Name and Classify Your Phage: An Informal Guide. VIRUSES-BASEL, 9 (4). E70-.

Access the full-text of this item by clicking on the Open Access link.

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v9040070

Abstract

With this informal guide, we try to assist both new and experienced phage researchers through two important stages that follow phage discovery; that is, naming and classification. Providing an appropriate name for a bacteriophage is not as trivial as it sounds, and the effects might be long-lasting in databases and in official taxon names. Phage classification is the responsibility of the Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee (BAVS) of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). While the BAVS aims at providing a holistic approach to phage taxonomy, for individual researchers who have isolated and sequenced a new phage, this can be a little overwhelming. We are now providing these researchers with an informal guide to phage naming and classification, taking a "bottom-up" approach from the phage isolate level.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bacteriophages, phage taxonomy, phage classification, naming guide, classification guide
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2017 10:00
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 06:58
DOI:	10.3390/v9040070
Open Access URL:	http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/4/70/htm
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3008658