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TWiV 357: Mistletoe on the Tree of Life

  • October 4, 2015
  • Tagged as: classification, family, genus, ictv, International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses, isolate, monothetic, niche, order, polythetic, species, strain, taxonomy, viral, virology, virus

Jens joins the TWiVomics to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of viral taxonomy, including its history and evolution, how viruses are ordered, and why T. rex was classified without having a living isolate.

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TWiV 110: CSI virology

  • December 5, 2010
  • Tagged as: arsenic, bacteria, capsid, congo, frank fenner, hiv, ictv, mono lake, OPV, paraphyly, Polio, poxvirus, taxonomy, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Dickson discuss bacteria that can utilize arsenic in place of phosphorus, the passing of Frank Fenner, polio outbreak in The Congo, solving criminal cases of HIV transmission, and classifying viruses by capsid structure.

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