The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks

Virus taxonomy emerged as a discipline in the middle of the twentieth century. Traditionally, classification by virus taxonomists has been focussed on the grouping of relatively closely related viruses. However, during the past few years, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has...

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Published in:	Nature microbiology Vol. 5; no. 5; pp. 668 - 674
Main Authors:	Gorbalenya, Alexander E., Krupovic, Mart, Mushegian, Arcady, Kropinski, Andrew M., Siddell, Stuart G., Varsani, Arvind, Adams, Michael J., Davison, Andrew J., Dutilh, Bas E., Harrach, Balázs, Harrison, Robert L., Junglen, Sandra, King, Andrew M. Q., Knowles, Nick J., Lefkowitz, Elliot J., Nibert, Max L., Rubino, Luisa, Sabanadzovic, Sead, Sanfaçon, Hélène, Simmonds, Peter, Walker, Peter J., Zerbini, F. Murilo, Kuhn, Jens H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2020 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	631/114/1386 631/181/2480 631/326/596 692/699/255 704/158/855 Biomedical and Life Sciences Classification Communicable Diseases - virology Consensus Statement Coronaviruses Ebolavirus - classification Ecology Evolution, Molecular Genes, Viral Genetic divergence Herpes simplex Herpesvirus 1, Human - classification Humans Infectious Diseases Life Sciences Medical Microbiology Microbiology Microbiology and Parasitology Parasitology Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus - classification Taxonomy Virology Viruses Viruses - classification Viruses - genetics Microbial ecology Infectious diseases Classification and taxonomy Taxonomy Virology
ISSN:	2058-5276, 2058-5276
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