virus

Summary

virus is a taxon^[1]. virus ranks in the top 0.066% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,521 views/month, #129 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• virus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• virus is classified at the rank of domain^[4].
• virus belongs to the parent taxon Biota^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, virus is Virus^[6].
• virus is a type of microorganism^[7].
• virus is a type of pathogen^[8].
• virus is used for virovory^[9].
• virus's Commons category is recorded as Viruses^[10].
• virus comprises viral genome^[11].
• virus comprises viral capsid^[12].
• virus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Viruses^[13].
• virus's Commons gallery is recorded as Virus^[14].
• virus's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature^[15].
• virus's facet of is recorded as virology^[16].
• virus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• virus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[18].
• virus's described by source is recorded as Virus^[19].
• virus's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire des biens communs^[20].
• virus's topic has template is recorded as Template:Virus topics^[21].
• virus's topic has template is recorded as Template:Viruses^[22].
• virus's topic has template is recorded as Template:Virus navs^[23].
• virus's has effect is recorded as viral infectious disease^[24].
• virus's has effect is recorded as viral pneumonia^[25].
• virus's has characteristic is recorded as viral life cycle^[26].
• virus's has characteristic is recorded as virus name^[27].

Body

Classification

virus's scientific name is Virus^[6]. virus is classified at the rank of domain^[4]. virus belongs to the parent taxon Biota^[5].

Identifiers

virus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 131236^[28]. virus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10239^[29]. virus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5006^[30]. virus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8^[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for virus include computer virus^[32], a software category^[33].

Why It Matters

virus ranks in the top 0.066% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,521 views/month, #129 of 195,241).^[2] virus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] virus is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for virus include computer virus^[32], a software category^[33].