Taxonomy Lineage

Lineage Browser

Walk upward from a selected taxon through the parent chain and jump back into the taxonomy browser at any step.

Selected Taxon

Human herpesvirus 5

The lineage is ordered from the selected organism upward toward higher-level taxonomy.

Starting point: Human herpesvirus 5
Level 1: Cytomegalovirus (genus)
Level 2: Betaherpesvirinae (subfamily)
Level 3: Herpesviridae (family)
Level 4: dsDNA viruses, no RNA stage (no rank)
Level 5: Vira (no rank)
Level 6: all (no rank)