Definition
Virus classification is the process of naming viruses and placing them into a taxonomic system similar to the classification systems used for cellular organisms.
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2010 Bivalvia taxonomyAbedenaviraeAbiogenesisAbyssoviridaeAckermannviridaeAdeno-associated virusAdenoviridaeAdenovirusAdintoviridaeAdnaviriaAinoaviricetesAlbetovirusAlgaviralesAliusviridaeAlloherpesviridaeAlphaflexiviridaeAlphasatellitidaeAlphatetraviridaeAlsuviricetesAlvernaviridaeAmabiliviricetesAmalgaviridaeAmarilloviralesAmbiviricotaAmnoonviridaeAmpullaviridaeAnelloviridaeAnimalAnimal virusAphthovirusApicoplastApple scar skin viroidApscaviroidArchaeaArenaviridaeArfiviricetesArteriviridaeArterivirusArticulaviralesArtificial cellArtoviridaeArtverviricotaAscoviridaeAsfarviridaeAsfuviralesAspiviridaeAstroviridaeAstrovirusAtkinsviridaeAumaivirusAutographiviridaeAvocado sunblotch viroidAvsunviroidAvsunviroidaeBacilladnaviridaeBacteriaBacterial taxonomyBacteriomeBacteriophageBaculoviridaeBaltimore classificationBamfordviraeBaphyviralesBarnaviridaeBartogtaviriformidaeBasaltiviridaeBelfryviralesBelpaoviridaeBenyviridaeBetaflexiviridaeBicaudaviridaeBidnaviridaeBinomial nomenclatureBiological classificationBiological dark matterBirnaviridaeBluberviralesBlumeviridaeBorna disease virusBornaviridaeBotourmiaviridaeBotybirnavirusBrachygtaviriformidaeBromoviridaeBunyaviralesBunyaviridaeCOVID-19 pandemicCacao swollen-shoot virusCaliciviridaeCalifornia encephalitis virusCancer cellCanine distemper virusCanine hepatitis virusCanine parvovirusCardeaviricetesCardiovirusCarmotetraviridaeCaudoviralesCaudoviricetesCaulimoviridaeCaulimovirusCell (biology)Cell divisionChaseviridaeChickenpoxChikungunyaChitoviralesChloroplastChromoplastChromosomeChronic bee-paralysis satellite virusChrymotiviricetesChrysoviridaeChunqiuviricetesChuviridaeCircoviridaeCircular chromosomeCirliviralesCitrus taxonomyClass (biology)ClavaviridaeClonally transmissible cancerClosteroviridaeCoacervateCocadviroidCoconut cadang-cadang viroidColeus blumei viroid 1ColeviroidColicinCommensaviricotaCommon coldCoronaviridaeCoronavirusCorticoviridaeCosmidCossaviricotaCowpoxCoxsackievirusCremegaviridaeCremeviralesCrepuscuviridaeCressdnaviricotaCruliviridaeCryppaviralesCrytulviralesCultivated plant taxonomyCurvulaviridaeCystoviridaeCytomegalovirusDNADNA replicationDNA transposonDNA virusDavid BaltimoreDefective interfering particleDeltaflexiviridaeDeltavirusDemerecviridaeDengue virusDependoparvovirusDicistroviridaeDinodnavirusDiseaseDividoviricotaDouble-stranded RNA virusesDrexlerviridaeDsDNA-RT virusDsDNA virusDsRNA virusDuinviridaeDumbiviridaeDuplodnaviriaDuplopiviricetesDuplornaviricotaDurnaviralesEarliest known life formsEastern equine encephalitisEbolaEbola virusEfunaviriaEggplant latent viroidElaviroidEllioviricetesEndogenous retrovirusEndogenous viral elementEndonucleaseEndornaviridaeEndosymbiontEnterovirusEpstein–Barr virusEquine viral arteritisErbovirusErnst MayrEukaryoteEurekaviridaeEuroniviridaeExtrachromosomal DNAFamily (biology)FaserviricetesFertility factor (bacteria)FiersviridaeFiloviridaeFimoviridaeFinnlakeviridaeFlasuviricetesFlaviviridaeFloreoviriaFosmidFrancis O. HolmesFungal prionFungusFuselloviridaeGammaflexiviridaeGeminiviridaeGeneGene duplicationGene transfer agentGenomeGenomic islandGenomoviridaeGenusGeplafuviralesGerontoplastGhabriviralesGiant virusGlobuloviridaeGlossary of scientific namingGoujianviralesGresnaviridaeGroup II intronGroup I catalytic intronGuelinviridaeGuttaviridaeHIVHUH-tagHaloarcula hispanica pleomorphic virus 1HalopaniviralesHalorubrum pleomorphic virus 1HaloruviralesHalspiviridaeHantaviridaeHeLaHelper dependent virusHelper virusHelvetiaviraeHepadnaviridaeHepadnavirusHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHepatitis CHepatitis E virusHepatovirusHepeliviralesHepeviridaeHerelleviridaeHerpesHerpes simplex virusHerpesviralesHerpesviridaeHerpesvirusHerviviricetesHeunggongviraeHofneiviricotaHop stunt viroidHorizontal gene transferHost (biology)HostuviroidHoweltoviricetesHuangdiviridaeHuman coronavirus 229EHuman coronavirus HKU1Human coronavirus NL63Human coronavirus OC43Human papillomavirus infectionHuman taxonomyHuolimaviricetesHydrogenosomeHypoviridaeHytrosaviridaeIflaviridaeImiterviralesIncertae sedisInfluenza virusInfluenzavirus AInfluenzavirus BInfluenzavirus CInoviridaeInsthoviricetesInternational Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plantsInternational Code of Zoological NomenclatureInternational Committee on Taxonomy of VirusesInternational Union of Microbiological SocietiesInterspersed repeatIridoviridaeIsavirusItzamnaviridaeJC virusJeewanuJingchuviralesKalamaviralesKappa organismKingdom (biology)KitaviridaeKitrinoviricotaKobuvirusKolmioviridaeLaserviricetesLassa feverLast universal common ancestorLautamoviralesLavidaviridaeLefaviralesLeishbuviridaeLenarviricotaLeucoplastLeviviricetesLifeLigamenviralesLinear chromosomeLinnaean taxonomyLipothrixviridaeLispiviridaeList of higher virus taxaList of subviral agentsList of virus generaList of virus speciesLoebviraeLomiviridaeLuteoviridaeLymphocytic choriomeningitis virusMRNAMacrobrachium satellite virus 1MacronovirusMagsaviricetesMaize white line mosaic satellite virusMalacoherpesviridaeMalgrandaviricetesMarburg virusMarnaviridaeMarseilleviridaeMartelliviralesMatonaviridaeMatshushitaviridaeMaveriviricetesMayoviridaeMeaslesMeasles virusMedioniviridaeMegabirnaviridaeMegaviricetesMesoniviridaeMessenger RNAMetaviridaeMetaxyviridaeMiaviricetesMicroviridaeMiddle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusMilneviricetesMimiviridaeMindiviralesMitochondrionMitosomeMitoviridaeMobile genetic elementMobile genetic elementsMobilomeModel lipid bilayerMonjiviricetesMonkeypoxMonodnaviriaMononegaviralesMononiviridaeMonophyleticMouviricetesMulpaviralesMumpsMumps virusMuviralesMymonaviridaeMyoviridaeMypoviridaeMyriaviridaeMyxoma virusNairoviridaeNaldaviricetesNanghoshaviridaeNanhypoviridaeNanobacteriumNanobeNanoviridaeNarnaviridaeNatareviridaeNegarnaviricotaNegative-sense ssRNA virusNidoviralesNilaparvata lugens commensal X virusNimaviridaeNipumfusiviridaeNitroplastNobel PrizeNodamuviralesNodaviridaeNomenclature codesNon-cellular lifeNon-coding DNANorovirusNorziviralesNucleic acidNucleocytoviricotaNudiviridaeNyamiviridaeObscuriviridaeOlifoviridaeOrder (biology)OrganismOrigin of replicationOrterviralesOrthomyxoviridaeOrthomyxovirusOrthopolintoviralesOrthornaviraeOurliviralesOvaliviridaePamosaviridaePanicum mosaic satellite virusPapanivirusPapillomaviridaePapovaviricetesPapovaviridaeParakaryonParamyxoviridaePararnaviraeParechovirusPartitiviridaeParvoviridaeParvovirusParvovirus B19PatataviralesPaulinoviridaePeach latent mosaic viroidPelamoviroidPeploviricotaPeribunyaviridaePermutotetraviridaePetitviralesPhagemidPhasmaviridaePhenotypicPhenuiviridaePhixviricotaPhycodnaviridaePhylumPiccoviralesPicobirnaviridaePicornaviralesPicornaviridaePicornavirusPicornavirusesPimascoviralesPisoniviricetesPisuviricotaPlantPlant taxonomyPlant virusPlasmaviridaePlasmidPlastidPlectroviridaePleolipoviridaePleomoviriaPneumoviridaePodoviridaePokkesviricetesPolerovirusPolintoviricetesPoliovirusPoliviralesPolycipiviridaePolydnaviridaePolydnaviriformidaePolymycoviridaePolyomaviridaePortogloboviridaePositive-sense ssRNA virusPospiviroidPospiviroidaePotato spindle tuber viroidPotyviridaePotyvirusPoxviridaePoxvirusPreplasmiviricotaPriklausoviralesPrimaviralesPrionProdugelaviricotaProphageProteinoidProtistProtist classificationProtocellProvirusPseudoviridaeQinviridaeQuadriviridaeQuambiviridaeQuintoviricetesR-factorRNARNA-dependent RNA polymeraseRNA virusRNA worldRabiesRabies virusRealm (virology)RecreviralesRedondoviridaeReoviralesReoviridaeReovirusRepeated sequence (DNA)RepensiviricetesReplicon (genetics)ResentoviricetesRespiratory syncytial virusRetrotransposonRetroviridaeRetrovirusRetrozymeReverse transcribing virusReverse transcriptaseRevtraviricetesRhabdoviridaeRhabdovirusRhinovirusRhizidiovirusRhodogtaviriformidaeRiboviriaRibozymeRibozyviriaRinderpestRoman numeralsRoniviridaeRotavirusRountreeviridaeRowaviralesRubellaRudiviridaeSARSSARS-CoV-1SARS-CoV-2SARS-related coronavirusSalasmaviridaeSaleviricotaSangerviraeSanitaviralesSarthroviridaeSatellite (biology)SchitoviridaeSecondary chromosomeSecoviridaeSelf-replicationSense (molecular biology)Sensu strictoSepolyviralesSerpentoviralesSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2ShotokuviraeSimuloviridaeSin nombre virusSingelaviriaSinhaliviridaeSiphoviridaeSmacoviridaeSmallpox virusSobeliviralesSolemoviridaeSolinviviridaeSolspiviridaeSpeciesSphaerolipoviridaeSpider taxonomySpiraviridaeSsDNA virusSsRNA-RT virusSteitzviridaeStellaviralesStelpaviricetesSubviral agentsSuforviricetesSulphobesSunviridaeSynthetic virologyTaleaviricotaTandem repeatTaxonTaxonomy (biology)Taxonomy of AdenanthosTaxonomy of AlliumTaxonomy of AnophelesTaxonomy of BanksiaTaxonomy of Banksia integrifoliaTaxonomy of DroseraTaxonomy of LiliaceaeTaxonomy of LucanidaeTaxonomy of NarcissusTaxonomy of PachypodiumTaxonomy of TulipaTaxonomy of commonly fossilised invertebratesTaxonomy of diatomsTaxonomy of invertebrates (Brusca & Brusca, 2003)Taxonomy of lemursTaxonomy of scorpionsTaxonomy of the BrachiopodaTaxonomy of the CactaceaeTaxonomy of the Conoidea (Tucker & Tenorio, 2009)Taxonomy of the DermapteraTaxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet et al., 2017)Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997)Taxonomy of the LepidopteraTaxonomy of the OrchidaceaeTaxonomy of the animals (Hutchins et al., 2003)Taxonomy of the vertebrates (Young, 1962)Taxonomy of wheatTectiliviricetesTectiviridaeTeschovirusThaspiviridaeThogotovirusTi plasmidTimloviralesTobacco mosaic satellite virusTobacco necrosis satellite virusTobaniviridaeTogaviridaeTogavirusTokiviricetesTolecusatellitidaeToliviralesTolucaviricetesTombusviridaeTomosaviridaeTonesaviridaeTospoviridaeTotiviridaeTransposable elementTranspovironTrapaviraeTrimbiviridaeTrinomial nomenclatureTristromaviridaeTrophosomeTubulaviralesTurriviridaeTymoviralesTymoviridaeType speciesUnambiviridaeUroviricotaVaccinia virusVaricella-zoster virusVaridnaviriaVesicular stomatitisVidaverviricetesVinaviralesViral envelopeViral quasispeciesViral replicationViral vectorViralesVirgaviridaeViroidVirologyViromeVirophageVirtovirusVirulence factorVirusVirus-like particleVirusoidVolvereviriaWikispeciesWolframviralesWupedeviridaeXigoviridaeXinmoviridaeYamazakiviridaeYellow feverYueviridaeYunchangviricetesZika virusZilligviraeZobellviridaeZurhausenvirales
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