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In the practical section of this day, we will be using marker gene methods and building a gene sharing network to classify the viruses identified in our metaviromes. Examples of widely used marker genes are for phages include the terminase large subunit (terL), major capsid protein (mcp) and DNA polymerase B (DnaB).
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> ## Exercise - An overview of viral taxonomy
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> 1. Check out the ICTV website: [https://ictv.global/](https://ictv.global/).
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> Check out the ICTV website: [https://ictv.global/](https://ictv.global/).
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> Discuss with your fellow students and write down your answers:
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> 2. What is ICTV? (not just a TV channel featuring polar bears)
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> 3. How many taxonomic ranks are available to classify the virosphere?
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> 4. What is a realm?
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> 5. How many viral genera are there?
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> 6. Pick one marker gene and describe how it functions in the virus-host interaction, which taxonomic rank it can/cannot identify.
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> 1. What is ICTV? (not just a TV channel featuring polar bears)
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> 2. How many taxonomic ranks are available to classify the virosphere?
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> 3. What is a realm?
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> 4. How many viral genera are there?
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> 5. Pick one marker gene and describe how it functions in the virus-host interaction, which taxonomic rank it can/cannot identify.
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> Read the following sections from the review ["Global Organization and Proposed Megataxonomy of the Virus World" by Koonin et al.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7062200/):
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> - [The Baltimore classes of viruses, virus hallmark genes, and major evolutionary trends in the virus world](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7062200/#s3title)
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> - [Evolutionary links among viruses within and across the Baltimore classes, section: Double-Stranded DNA Viruses](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7062200/#s4title:~:text=of%20different%20VHGs.-,Double%2DStranded%20DNA%20Viruses,-The%20dsDNA%20viruses)
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> Discuss with your fellow students and write down your answers:
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> 6. What are the Baltimore Classes, and what are they based on?
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> 7. What triggered the change in viral taxonomy?
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> 8. What are the pros and cons of a "genomic taxonomy"?

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