Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2018)

Andrew M Q King¹, Elliot J Lefkowitz², Arcady R Mushegian³, Michael J Adams⁴, Bas E Dutilh^{5

6}, Alexander E Gorbalenya^{7

8}, Balázs Harrach⁹, Robert L Harrison¹⁰, Sandra Junglen^{11

12}, Nick J Knowles¹, Andrew M Kropinski¹³, Mart Krupovic¹⁴, Jens H Kuhn¹⁵, Max L Nibert¹⁶, Luisa Rubino¹⁷, Sead Sabanadzovic¹⁸, Hélène Sanfaçon¹⁹, Stuart G Siddell²⁰, Peter Simmonds²¹, Arvind Varsani²², Francisco Murilo Zerbini²³, Andrew J Davison²⁴

Affiliations

¹ The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, GU24 0NF, Surrey, UK.
² Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), BBRB 276, 845 19th ST South, Birmingham, AL, 35294-2170, USA.
³ Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA. mushegian2@gmail.com.
⁴ , Minehead, UK.
⁵ Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁶ Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, P. O. Box 9600, E4-P, rm. E4-72, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁸ Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia.
⁹ Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Hungária krt. 21, Budapest, 1143, Hungary.
¹⁰ Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg 007 Barc-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
¹¹ Institute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-University Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Rahel-Hirsch-Weg 3, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
¹² German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Berlin, Germany.
¹³ Departments of Food Science and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France.
¹⁵ NIH/NIAID/DCR Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), B-8200, Research Plaza, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis, Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
¹⁷ Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, SS Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy.
¹⁸ Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, 100 Old Hwy 12 Mail Stop 9775, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA.
¹⁹ Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, BC, V0H 1Z0, Canada.
²⁰ Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
²¹ Nuffield Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.
²² The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, School of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 874701, Tempe, AZ, 85287-4701, USA.
²³ Departamento de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
²⁴ MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Sir Michael Stoker Building, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK.

PMID: 29754305
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-3847-1

Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2018)

Andrew M Q King et al. Arch Virol. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;163(9):2601-2631.

doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-3847-1. Epub 2018 May 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, GU24 0NF, Surrey, UK.
² Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), BBRB 276, 845 19th ST South, Birmingham, AL, 35294-2170, USA.
³ Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA. mushegian2@gmail.com.
⁴ , Minehead, UK.
⁵ Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁶ Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, P. O. Box 9600, E4-P, rm. E4-72, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁸ Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia.
⁹ Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Hungária krt. 21, Budapest, 1143, Hungary.
¹⁰ Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg 007 Barc-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
¹¹ Institute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-University Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Rahel-Hirsch-Weg 3, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
¹² German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Berlin, Germany.
¹³ Departments of Food Science and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France.
¹⁵ NIH/NIAID/DCR Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), B-8200, Research Plaza, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis, Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
¹⁷ Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, SS Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy.
¹⁸ Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, 100 Old Hwy 12 Mail Stop 9775, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA.
¹⁹ Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, BC, V0H 1Z0, Canada.
²⁰ Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
²¹ Nuffield Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.
²² The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, School of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 874701, Tempe, AZ, 85287-4701, USA.
²³ Departamento de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
²⁴ MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Sir Michael Stoker Building, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK.

PMID: 29754305
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-3847-1

Abstract

This article lists the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses in February 2018. A total of 451 species, 69 genera, 11 subfamilies, 9 families and one new order were added to the taxonomy. The current totals at each taxonomic level now stand at 9 orders, 131 families, 46 subfamilies, 803 genera and 4853 species. A change was made to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature to allow the use of the names of people in taxon names under appropriate circumstances. An updated Master Species List incorporating the approved changes was released in March 2018 ( https://talk.ictvonline.org/taxonomy/ ).

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Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2018)

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