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

Murine cytomegalovirus (strain Smith)

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

Level 1: Mouse cytomegalovirus 1 (species)
Level 2: Muromegalovirus (genus)
Level 3: Betaherpesvirinae (subfamily)
Level 4: Herpesviridae (family)
Level 5: dsDNA viruses, no RNA stage (no rank)
Level 6: Vira (no rank)
Level 7: all (no rank)