The official body charged with virus classification has released four new principles that bring order to the viral world. This provides a unified framework that will enable all viruses to be ...

Viruses were discovered at the end of the nineteenth century as filterable agents causing infectious diseases of plants and animals 1,2,3,4,5. Subsequently, their pathogenicity and ability to undergo ...

Without the need to cultivate specific strains, metagenomics has emerged as a popular technique for studying microbial communities. Furthermore, the 16 S ribosomal RNA (16 S rRNA) gene is a useful ...