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CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF VIRUSES OF CYANOBACTERIA
Citation:
Safferman, R., R. Cannon, P. Desjardins, B. Gromov, AND R. Haselkorn. CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF VIRUSES OF CYANOBACTERIA. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-83/026 (NTIS PB83243816), 1983.
Description:
The Study Group finds it appropriate that viruses which have as their host cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) should be grouped within the well-categorized families of the bacterial viruses. Thus, the term cyanophage is adopted as a synonym for the vernacular name BGA virus (BGAV) originally given to this virus type(l). Where the nucleic acid and structural components of cyanophages have been characterized, all possess a single piece of double-stranded DNA and the characteristic head-tail morphology of the bacteriophage.