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

Peter J Walker¹, Stuart G Siddell², Elliot J Lefkowitz³, Arcady R Mushegian⁴, Evelien M Adriaenssens⁵, Donald M Dempsey³, Bas E Dutilh⁶, Balázs Harrach⁷, Robert L Harrison⁸, R Curtis Hendrickson³, Sandra Junglen⁹, Nick J Knowles¹⁰, Andrew M Kropinski¹¹, Mart Krupovic¹², Jens H Kuhn¹³, Max Nibert¹⁴, Richard J Orton¹⁵, Luisa Rubino¹⁶, Sead Sabanadzovic¹⁷, Peter Simmonds¹⁸, Donald B Smith¹⁸, Arvind Varsani¹⁹, Francisco Murilo Zerbini¹⁹, Andrew J Davison²⁰

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
² School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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 Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UQ, UK.
⁶ Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Room N-604, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁷ Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungária krt. 21, Budapest, 1143, Hungary.
⁸ Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg 007 Barc-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
⁹ Institute of Virology, Charité, Universitätsmedizin, Corporate Member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-University Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK.
¹¹ Departments of Food Science, and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
¹² Archaeal Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France.
¹³ NIH/NIAID/DCR Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), B-8200 Research Plaza, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
¹⁵ MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Sir Michael Stoker Building, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK.
¹⁶ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Sede Secondaria di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy.
¹⁷ Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, 100 Old Hwy 12 Mail Stop 9775, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA.
¹⁸ Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.
¹⁹ 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.
²⁰ Departamento de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.

PMID: 32816125
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04752-x

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

Peter J Walker et al. Arch Virol. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;165(11):2737-2748.

doi: 10.1007/s00705-020-04752-x.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
² School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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 Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UQ, UK.
⁶ Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Room N-604, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁷ Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungária krt. 21, Budapest, 1143, Hungary.
⁸ Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg 007 Barc-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
⁹ Institute of Virology, Charité, Universitätsmedizin, Corporate Member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-University Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK.
¹¹ Departments of Food Science, and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
¹² Archaeal Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France.
¹³ NIH/NIAID/DCR Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), B-8200 Research Plaza, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
¹⁵ MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Sir Michael Stoker Building, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK.
¹⁶ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Sede Secondaria di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy.
¹⁷ Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, 100 Old Hwy 12 Mail Stop 9775, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA.
¹⁸ Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.
¹⁹ 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.
²⁰ Departamento de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.

PMID: 32816125
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04752-x

Abstract

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

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