Additional changes to taxonomy ratified in a special vote by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (October 2018)

This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in October 2018. Of note, the ICTV has approved, by an absolute majority, the creation of additional taxonomical ranks above those recognized previously. A total of 1...

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Published in:Archives of virology Vol. 164; no. 3; pp. 943 - 946
Main Authors: Siddell, Stuart G., Walker, Peter J., Lefkowitz, Elliot J., Mushegian, Arcady R., Adams, Michael J., Dutilh, Bas E., Gorbalenya, Alexander E., Harrach, Balázs, Harrison, Robert L., Junglen, Sandra, Knowles, Nick J., Kropinski, Andrew M., Krupovic, Mart, Kuhn, Jens H., Nibert, Max, Rubino, Luisa, Sabanadzovic, Sead, Sanfaçon, Hélène, Simmonds, Peter, Varsani, Arvind, Zerbini, Francisco Murilo, Davison, Andrew J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.03.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Infectious Diseases
Medical Microbiology
Phylogeny
taxonomic revisions
Taxonomy
Virology
Virology - organization & administration
Virology Division News
viruses
Viruses - classification
Viruses - genetics
Viruses - isolation & purification
ISSN:0304-8608, 1432-8798, 1432-8798
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Summary:This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in October 2018. Of note, the ICTV has approved, by an absolute majority, the creation of additional taxonomical ranks above those recognized previously. A total of 15 ranks (realm, subrealm, kingdom, subkingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, subclass, order, suborder, family, subfamily, genus, subgenus, and species) are now available to encompass the entire spectrum of virus diversity. Classification at ranks above genus is not obligatory but can be used by the authors of new taxonomic proposals when scientific justification is provided.
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ISSN:0304-8608
1432-8798
1432-8798
DOI:10.1007/s00705-018-04136-2