NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -NOTE: Binomial nomenclature is now the official format for naming virus species in the ICTV virus taxonomy. Although a binomial format has to be used for the naming of new virus species, the current MSL and VMR versions include many species names defined before March 2021 that do not conform to this new format.

Detailed explanation-2: -Latinized binomial names for virus names have been supported by animal and human virologists of ICTV for many years, but have never been implemented.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since 1966 the classification and nomenclature of viruses at the higher taxonomic levels (families and genera) has been systematically organized by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. The highest taxonomic group among viruses is the family; families are named with a suffix-viridae.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The statement that is not true is that both the genus and species of an organism are capitalized in binomial nomenclature.

Detailed explanation-5: -Because the first word of the binomial name of a virus species is a genus name, it always ends in ‘… virus’, and it can be treated as a neuter noun, thus simplifying the task of providing the appropriate ending to the epithet.