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

Stuart G Siddell¹, Peter J Walker², Elliot J Lefkowitz³, Arcady R Mushegian⁴, Michael J Adams⁵, Bas E Dutilh^{6

7}, Alexander E Gorbalenya^{8

9}, Balázs Harrach¹⁰, Robert L Harrison¹¹, Sandra Junglen¹², Nick J Knowles¹³, Andrew M Kropinski¹⁴, Mart Krupovic¹⁵, Jens H Kuhn¹⁶, Max Nibert¹⁷, Luisa Rubino¹⁸, Sead Sabanadzovic¹⁹, Hélène Sanfaçon²⁰, Peter Simmonds²¹, Arvind Varsani²², Francisco Murilo Zerbini²³, Andrew J Davison²⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
² School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), BBRB 276, 845 19th ST South, Birmingham, AL, 35294-2170, USA.
⁴ Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA. mushegian2@gmail.com.
⁵ , Stevenage, UK.
⁶ Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Room Z-509, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁷ Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc), Geert Grooteplein 26, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, E4-P, rm. E4-72, P. O. Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁹ Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899, Moscow, Russia.
¹⁰ Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungária krt. 21, Budapest, 1143, Hungary.
¹¹ Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg 007 BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
¹² Institute of Virology, Corporate Member of Free University Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Humboldt-University Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
¹³ The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK.
¹⁴ Departments of Food Science, and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France.
¹⁶ NIH/NIAID/DCR Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), B-8200 Research Plaza, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
¹⁸ Istituto di Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, UOS Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy.
¹⁹ Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, 100 Old Hwy 12 Mail Stop 9775, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA.
²⁰ Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, British Columbia, V0H 1Z0, Canada.
²¹ Nuffield Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK.
²² School of Life Sciences, The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, 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: 30663020
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-04136-2

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

Stuart G Siddell et al. Arch Virol. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;164(3):943-946.

doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-04136-2.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
² School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), BBRB 276, 845 19th ST South, Birmingham, AL, 35294-2170, USA.
⁴ Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA. mushegian2@gmail.com.
⁵ , Stevenage, UK.
⁶ Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Room Z-509, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁷ Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc), Geert Grooteplein 26, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, E4-P, rm. E4-72, P. O. Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁹ Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899, Moscow, Russia.
¹⁰ Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungária krt. 21, Budapest, 1143, Hungary.
¹¹ Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg 007 BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
¹² Institute of Virology, Corporate Member of Free University Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Humboldt-University Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
¹³ The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK.
¹⁴ Departments of Food Science, and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France.
¹⁶ NIH/NIAID/DCR Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), B-8200 Research Plaza, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
¹⁸ Istituto di Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, UOS Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy.
¹⁹ Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, 100 Old Hwy 12 Mail Stop 9775, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA.
²⁰ Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, British Columbia, V0H 1Z0, Canada.
²¹ Nuffield Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK.
²² School of Life Sciences, The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, 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: 30663020
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-04136-2

Abstract

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

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

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