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Viruses

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
KINGDOM

Classification

kingdom
Viruses

Name

Synonyms
Adnaviria
Bamfordvirae
Duplodnaviria
Helvetiavirae
Heunggongvirae
Loebvirae
Monodnaviria
Orthornavirae
Pararnavirae
Riboviria
Ribozyviria
Sangervirae
Shotokuvirae
Trapavirae
Varidnaviria
Zilligvirae
Homonyms
Viruses
Common names
Viruses in English
virus in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL2006
  2. Fuhrman, J. A. (1999). Marine viruses and their biogeochemical and ecological effects. <em>Nature.</em> 399(6736): 541-548. 10.1038/21119
  3. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  4. Ruggiero, Gordon, Bailly, Kirk & Nicolson (1899-12-31 23:00:00) The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A.
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