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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)
Archives of Virology, Volume 166, No. 9, Year 2021
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This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in March 2021. The entire ICTV was invited to vote on 290 taxonomic proposals approved by the ICTV Executive Committee at its meeting in October 2020, as well as on the proposed revision of the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature (ICVCN). All proposals and the revision were ratified by an absolute majority of the ICTV members. Of note, ICTV mandated a uniform rule for virus species naming, which will follow the binomial 'genus-species' format with or without Latinized species epithets. The Study Groups are requested to convert all previously established species names to the new format. ICTV has also abolished the notion of a type species, i.e., a species chosen to serve as a name-bearing type of a virus genus. The remit of ICTV has been clarified through an official definition of ‘virus’ and several other types of mobile genetic elements. The ICVCN and ICTV Statutes have been amended to reflect these changes. © 2021, This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.
Authors & Co-Authors
Walker, Peter J.
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Siddell, Stuart G.
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Lefkowitz, Elliot J.
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mushegian, Arcady R.
United States, Alexandria
National Science Foundation
Adriaenssens, Evelien M.
United Kingdom, Norwich
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Alfenas-Zerbini, Poliane
Brazil, Vicosa
Universidade Federal de Vicosa
Davison, Andrew J.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Mrc-university of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
Dutilh, Bas E.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
García, María Laura
Argentina, La Plata
Universidad Nacional de la Plata
Harrach, Balázs
Hungary, Budapest
Institute for Veterinary Medical Research
Harrison, Robert L.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Usda Agricultural Research Service
Junglen, Sandra
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Knowles, Nick James
United Kingdom, Surrey
The Pirbright Institute
Krupovic, Mart
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Kuhn, Jens H.
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Lambert, Amy J.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Łobocka, Małgorzata B.
Poland, Warszawa
Polish Academy of Sciences
Oksanen, Hanna M.
Finland, Helsinki
Helsingin Yliopisto
Orton, Richard J.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Mrc-university of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
Robertson, David L.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Mrc-university of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
Rubino, Luisa
Italy, Rome
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Sabanadzovic, Sead
United States, Mississippi State
Mississippi State University
Simmonds, Peter N.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Smith, Donald B.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Suzuki, Nobuhiro
Japan, Okayama
Okayama University
Vandamme, Anne Mieke
Belgium, Leuven
Rega Institute for Medical Research
Portugal, Lisbon
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Varsani, Arvind
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Zerbini, Francisco Murilo
Brazil, Vicosa
Universidade Federal de Vicosa
Statistics
Citations: 181
Authors: 28
Affiliations: 27
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00705-021-05156-1
ISSN:
03048608
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics