Tobacco Mosaic “Virus” - The beginning & end of virology

The Tobacco Mosaic "Virus" is said to be the first "virus" ever discovered. The particle has even been purified and biochemically characterised.

References:
1. “Tobacco Mosaic Virus,” in Encyclopedia of Virology (Third Edition), 2008: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123744104005951
2. “One Hundred Years of Virology,” Journal of Virology, 1992: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC241285/pdf/jvirol00040-0015.pdf
3. “Soviet Studies On Viruses,” Science, 1944: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1671155
4. “Isolation and Properties of TM and other Virus Proteins,” W Stanley, 1938: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC1911256/pdf/bullnyacadmed00604-0019.pdf
5. “Isolation of crystalline tobacco Mosaic Virus Protein from Tomato Plants,” The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1937: Vol 117.
6. WISSENSCHAFFTPLUS magazin 4/2020: http://wissenschafftplus.de/uploads/article/The-Initiators-of-the-Corona-Crisis-Have-Been-Clearly-Identified.pdf
7. Tobacco Diseases and Decay” by Frederick Wolf, 1935.
8. “Concerning a Contagium Vivum Fluidum as cause of the Spot Disease of tobacco leaves,” 1898: https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/apsnetfeatures/Documents/1998/BeijerckSpotDiseaseTobaccoLeaves.PDF
9. “Über die Mosaikkrankheit der Tabakspflanze,” 1903: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43221892

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