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Taxonomy vs Phage - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and phage

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while phage is (microbiology|virology) a virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    phage

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann: Phage or phages. Bacteriophage Ecology Group (BEG) News, vol 14, 2002-10-01"The plural word phages' refers to different types of phage, whereas in common usage the word ' phage can be both singular and plural, referring in the plural sense to particles of the same type of phage." Maloy et al: Microbial Genetics, 2nd ed., 1984, ISBN 9780867202489, p. 81
  • (microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

    • Synonyms

    * bacteriophage

    References

    * (wikipedia "phage")

    See also

    * virophage

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