title: Bacteriophage taxonomy in 1987.
abstract: Ten families and eight genera have been approved by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) and include at least 230 species. A new basic phage group has been found in Archaebacteria. Over 2700 phages are tailed; about 130 are cubic, filamentous or pleomorphic. Their distribution provides insights into phage origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, PQ, Canada.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Ackermann
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral