Is it correct to use naming such as phage A1, phage A2, phage A3 when naming phages of the same species but different isolates? Here, I would like to express that phages are the same but different isolates in terms of similarity with each other. How is it used terminologically in articles?
Article How to Name and Classify Your Phage: An Informal Guide
The above might be useful. However if you think the phages are the same then you should use the same name for all but could add a differentiating number or letter to designate independent isolates.
Thank you for your valuable answers Usha Kantiwal Michael J. Benedik . As Michael stated in the title and content of this article you sent, there are informal criteria in phage naming, but I believe that the lack of certain limits and rules complicates things for me. Based on my own experience, the lack of a strictly defined namening criterion determined by ICTV also creates problems in the phylogenetic classification of phages.
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