Species names are in italics. All other virus names are not italicized and their taxonomic status is color-coded as follows:

Virus names

species names,

new species names in 8th ICTV Report,

isolate/virus names,

new isolates/virus names in 8th ICTV Report,

tentative species names,

new tentative species names in 8th ICTV Report,

unassigned species names,

new unassigned species names in 8th ICTV Report,

alternative names, variant spelling of names or synonyms,

misspelled names,

names not (yet) listed in the 8th ICTV Report,

names lost in the 8th ICTV Report,

names lost in the 7th ICTV Report

Greek Symbols

Greek symbol in Excel (RTF), black on rose in Excel spreadsheet

Greek symbol in HTML code, black on light blue in Excel spreadsheet

Greek symbol spelled out, black on light green in Excel spreadsheet

Latin equivalent to Greek symbol, black on beige in Excel spreadsheet

Subviral names: Viroids

species names,

tentative species names,

unassigned species names,

isolate/viroid names in 8th ICTV Report,

Subviral names: Satellites

species names,

tentative species names,

isolate/satellite names in 8th ICTV Report,

Subviral names: Prions

species names,

tentative species names,

isolate/prion names