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

• Published in: Archives of virology Vol. 165; no. 11; pp. 2737 - 2748
• Main Authors: Walker, Peter J., Siddell, Stuart G., Lefkowitz, Elliot J., Mushegian, Arcady R., Adriaenssens, Evelien M., Dempsey, Donald M., Dutilh, Bas E., Harrach, Balázs, Harrison, Robert L., Hendrickson, R. Curtis, Junglen, Sandra, Knowles, Nick J., Kropinski, Andrew M., Krupovic, Mart, Kuhn, Jens H., Nibert, Max, Orton, Richard J., Rubino, Luisa, Sabanadzovic, Sead, Simmonds, Peter, Smith, Donald B., Varsani, Arvind, Zerbini, Francisco Murilo, Davison, Andrew J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.11.2020; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Classification; Classification - methods; DNA; genome; Infectious Diseases; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology and Parasitology; Riboviria; RNA viruses; taxonomy; Terminology as Topic; Virology; Virology - organization & administration; Virology Division News; Viruses; Viruses - classification; Viruses - isolation & purification

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,...