Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020)

This article reports the changes to virus classification and taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in March 2020. The entire ICTV was invited to vote on 206 taxonomic proposals approved by the ICTV Executive Committee at its meeting in July 2019,...

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Published in:Archives of virology Vol. 165; no. 11; pp. 2737 - 2748
Main Authors: Walker, Peter J., Siddell, Stuart G., Lefkowitz, Elliot J., Mushegian, Arcady R., Adriaenssens, Evelien M., Dempsey, Donald M., Dutilh, Bas E., Harrach, Balázs, Harrison, Robert L., Hendrickson, R. Curtis, Junglen, Sandra, Knowles, Nick J., Kropinski, Andrew M., Krupovic, Mart, Kuhn, Jens H., Nibert, Max, Orton, Richard J., Rubino, Luisa, Sabanadzovic, Sead, Simmonds, Peter, Smith, Donald B., Varsani, Arvind, Zerbini, Francisco Murilo, Davison, Andrew J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.11.2020
Springer Verlag
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Classification
Classification - methods
DNA
genome
Infectious Diseases
Life Sciences
Medical Microbiology
Microbiology and Parasitology
Riboviria
RNA viruses
taxonomy
Terminology as Topic
Virology
Virology - organization & administration
Virology Division News
Viruses
Viruses - classification
Viruses - isolation & purification
ISSN:0304-8608, 1432-8798, 1432-8798
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Summary:This article reports the changes to virus classification and taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in March 2020. The entire ICTV was invited to vote on 206 taxonomic proposals approved by the ICTV Executive Committee at its meeting in July 2019, as well as on the proposed revision of the ICTV Statutes. All proposals and the revision of the Statutes were approved by an absolute majority of the ICTV voting membership. Of note, ICTV has approved a proposal that extends the previously established realm Riboviria to encompass nearly all RNA viruses and reverse-transcribing viruses, and approved three separate proposals to establish three realms for viruses with DNA genomes.
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ISSN:0304-8608
1432-8798
1432-8798
DOI:10.1007/s00705-020-04752-x