Table 4.

Genera Cuevavirus, Ebolavirus, and Marburgvirus

Incorrect usage	Correct usage	Explanation
Ebolavirus VP35 suppresses the innate immune response	Ebolavirus VP35 suppresses the innate immune response	The genus Ebolavirus is a taxon. Names of taxa are italicized. Taxa are concepts, not physical entities. They do not possess genes or express proteins. VP35 is a protein expressed by an ebolavirus, such as Reston virus
	VP35 of ebolaviruses suppresses the innate immune response
	Reston virus VP35 suppresses the innate immune response
A model for marburgvirus based on studies using hamsters	A model for Marburg virus based on studies using hamsters	The vernacular name for the members of the genus Marburgvirus is marburgviruses. Marburg virus is a marburgvirus. An animal model can either be developed for a particular marburgvirus, such as Marburg virus, or for all marburgviruses, such as Marburg virus and Ravn virus
	A model for a marburgvirus based on studies using hamsters
	A model for marburgviruses based on studies using hamsters
Filoviruses include the genera ebolavirus, marburgvirus, and cuevavirus	The family Filoviridae includes the genera Ebolavirus, Marburgvirus, and Cuevavirus	Filoviruses/filovirids is the vernacular name for the members of the family Filoviridae. Filoviruses/filovirids are physical entities, but the family Filoviridae is a taxon. Taxa, such as families, include other taxa, such as the genera Ebolavirus, Marburgvirus, and Cuevavirus, the names of which are always italicized and capitalized. Physical entities do not include taxa
	Filoviruses include ebolaviruses, marburgviruses, and cuevaviruses
	Filovirids include ebolaviruses, marburgviruses, and cuevaviruses