A Roadmap for Genome-Based Phage Taxonomy

Bacteriophage (phage) taxonomy has been in flux since its inception over four decades ago. Genome sequencing has put pressure on the classification system and recent years have seen significant changes to phage taxonomy. Here, we reflect on the state of phage taxonomy and provide a roadmap for the f...

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Autores principales: Turner, Dann, Kropinski, Andrew M., Adriaenssens, Evelien M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803862
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13030506
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description Bacteriophage (phage) taxonomy has been in flux since its inception over four decades ago. Genome sequencing has put pressure on the classification system and recent years have seen significant changes to phage taxonomy. Here, we reflect on the state of phage taxonomy and provide a roadmap for the future, including the abolition of the order Caudovirales and the families Myoviridae, Podoviridae, and Siphoviridae. Furthermore, we specify guidelines for the demarcation of species, genus, subfamily and family-level ranks of tailed phage taxonomy.
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spelling pubmed-80032532021-03-28 A Roadmap for Genome-Based Phage Taxonomy Turner, Dann Kropinski, Andrew M. Adriaenssens, Evelien M. Viruses Communication Bacteriophage (phage) taxonomy has been in flux since its inception over four decades ago. Genome sequencing has put pressure on the classification system and recent years have seen significant changes to phage taxonomy. Here, we reflect on the state of phage taxonomy and provide a roadmap for the future, including the abolition of the order Caudovirales and the families Myoviridae, Podoviridae, and Siphoviridae. Furthermore, we specify guidelines for the demarcation of species, genus, subfamily and family-level ranks of tailed phage taxonomy. MDPI 2021-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8003253/ /pubmed/33803862 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13030506 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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