Intervirology · 1974 · 103 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesMicrobiologyMolecular BiologyMicrobial TaxonomySequence AnalysisVirologyPhage GeneticsTaxonomic ClassificationTaxonomic DatabasesTaxonomic KeysTaxonomic NomenclatureTaxonomyPhage CharacterizationPhage ClassificationPhage Genome StructurePhage GenomicsPhage MorphologyPhage Nucleotide Sequence AnalysisPhage Typing
Characteristics of over 1,150 phages have been categorized into 17 groups, based upon morphology and nucleic acid content. A scheme is presented for cataloging phage data for computer storage, retrieval, and sorting to be used in the development of a phage taxonomy and nomenclature.