Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee

This article is a summary of the activities of the ICTV’s Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee for the years 2018 and 2019. Highlights include the creation of a new order, 10 families, 22 subfamilies, 424 genera and 964 species. Some of our concerns about the ICTV’s ability to adjust to and i...

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Published in:Archives of virology Vol. 165; no. 5; pp. 1253 - 1260
Main Authors: Adriaenssens, Evelien M., Sullivan, Matthew B., Knezevic, Petar, van Zyl, Leonardo J., Sarkar, B. L., Dutilh, Bas E., Alfenas-Zerbini, Poliane, Łobocka, Małgorzata, Tong, Yigang, Brister, James Rodney, Moreno Switt, Andrea I., Klumpp, Jochen, Aziz, Ramy Karam, Barylski, Jakub, Uchiyama, Jumpei, Edwards, Rob A., Kropinski, Andrew M., Petty, Nicola K., Clokie, Martha R. J., Kushkina, Alla I., Morozova, Vera V., Duffy, Siobain, Gillis, Annika, Rumnieks, Janis, Kurtböke, İpek, Chanishvili, Nina, Goodridge, Lawrence, Wittmann, Johannes, Lavigne, Rob, Jang, Ho Bin, Prangishvili, David, Enault, Francois, Turner, Dann, Poranen, Minna M., Oksanen, Hanna M., Krupovic, Mart
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.05.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
Subjects:
Archaea
Archaea - virology
Archaeal Viruses - classification
Bacteria - virology
Bacteriophages - classification
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Classification - methods
Genera
Infectious Diseases
Life Sciences
Medical Microbiology
Microbiology and Parasitology
new order
Taxonomy
Virology
Virology Division News
Viruses
ISSN:0304-8608, 1432-8798, 1432-8798
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Summary:This article is a summary of the activities of the ICTV’s Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee for the years 2018 and 2019. Highlights include the creation of a new order, 10 families, 22 subfamilies, 424 genera and 964 species. Some of our concerns about the ICTV’s ability to adjust to and incorporate new DNA- and protein-based taxonomic tools are discussed.
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ISSN:0304-8608
1432-8798
1432-8798
DOI:10.1007/s00705-020-04577-8