title: Importance of host ranges and other biological properties for the taxonomy of plant viruses.
abstract: With reference to the confusion regarding the value of biological properties for the taxonomy of plant viruses, following proposal is made. Distinction between viruses should be based on the nucleotide sequences of the genome, whereas that between strains should take also biological characteristics into account.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
mesh_terms: D016679:Genome, Viral; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000145:classification*; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000145:classification*