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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Mauldin MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5454414 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viruses 20170509 5
Traditionally, virus taxonomy relied on phenotypic properties; however, a sequence-based virus taxonomy has become essential since the recent requirement of a species to exhibit monophyly. The species <i>Cowpox virus</i> has failed to meet this requirement, necessitating a reexamination of this species. Here, we report the genomic sequences of nine <i>Cowpox viruses</i> and, by combining them with the available data of 37 additional genomes, confirm polyphyly of <i>Cowpox viruses</i> and find st ...[more]