| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses |
| Subtitle of host publication | ICTV |
| Publisher | International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Edition | 2022 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Abstract
Here we propose to abolish the order Caudovirales keeping all underlying taxonomic ranks in the class Caudoviricetes. We also propose to abolish the morphology-based phage families Myoviridae, Siphoviridae and Podoviridae which have been repeatedly shown not to be monophyletic.
Keywords
- Caudovirales
- Taxonomic
- Caudoviricetes
- Myoviridae
- Siphoviridae
- Podoviridae
- monophyletic