Possibility and Challenges of Conversion of Current Virus Species Names to Linnaean Binomials

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Postler, T. S., Clawson, A. N., Amarasinghe, G. K., Basler, C. F., Bavari, S., Benkő, M., Blasdell, K. R., Briese, T., Buchmeier, M. J., Bukreyev, A., Calisher, C. H., Chandran, K., Charrel, R., Clegg, C. S., Collins, P. L., de la Torre, J. C., DeRisi, J. L., Dietzgen, R. G., Dolnik, O., Dürrwald, R., Dye, J. M., Easton, A. J., Emonet, S., Formenty, P., Fouchier, R. A. M., Ghedin, E., Gonzalez, J.-P., Harrach, B., Hewson, R., Horie, M., Jiāng, D., Kobinger, G., Kondo, H., Kropinski, A. M., Krupovic, M., Kurath, G., Lamb, R. A., Leroy, E. M., Lukashevich, I. S., Maisner, A., Mushegian, A. R., Netesov, S. V., Nowotny, N., Patterson, J. L., Payne, S. L., Paweska, J. T., Peters, C. J., Radoshitzky, S. R., Rima, B. K., Romanowski, V., Rubbenstroth, D., Sabanadzovic, S., Sanfaçon, H., Salvato, M. S., Schwemmle, M., Smither, S. J., Stenglein, M. D., Stone, D. M., Takada, A., Tesh, R. B., Tomonaga, K., Tordo, N., Towner, J. S., Vasilakis, N., Volchkov, V. E., Wahl-Jensen, V., Walker, P. J., Wang, L.-F., Varsani, A., Whitfield, A. E., Zerbini, F. M. and Kuhn, J. H. (2016) Possibility and Challenges of Conversion of Current Virus Species Names to Linnaean Binomials. Systematic Biology, 66 (3). pp. 463-473.

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syw096

Publisher URL: http://sysbio.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/10/22/sysbio.syw096.abstract

Abstract

Botanical, mycological, zoological, and prokaryotic species names follow the Linnaean format, consisting of an italicized Latinized binomen with a capitalized genus name and a lower-case species epithet (e.g., Homo sapiens). Virus species names, however, do not follow a uniform format, and even when binomial, are not Linnaean in style. In this thought exercise, we attempted to convert all currently official names of species included in the virus family Arenaviridae and the virus order Mononegavirales to Linnaean binomials, and to identify and address associated challenges and concerns. Surprisingly, this endeavor was not as complicated or time-consuming as even the authors of this article expected when conceiving the experiment.

Item Type:	Article
Business groups:	Biosecurity Queensland
Subjects:	Science > Science (General) Science > Biology > Molecular Biology Science > Biology > Genetics
Live Archive:	23 Jan 2017 03:52
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