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

• Published in: Archives of virology Vol. 163; no. 9; pp. 2601 - 2631
• Main Authors: King, Andrew M. Q., Lefkowitz, Elliot J., Mushegian, Arcady R., Adams, Michael J., Dutilh, Bas E., Gorbalenya, Alexander E., Harrach, Balázs, Harrison, Robert L., Junglen, Sandra, Knowles, Nick J., Kropinski, Andrew M., Krupovic, Mart, Kuhn, Jens H., Nibert, Max L., Rubino, Luisa, Sabanadzovic, Sead, Sanfaçon, Hélène, Siddell, Stuart G., Simmonds, Peter, Varsani, Arvind, Zerbini, Francisco Murilo, Davison, Andrew J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.09.2018; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Classification; Genera; Infectious Diseases; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology and Parasitology; new order; Nomenclature; people; Species; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Taxonomy; Terminology as Topic; Virology; Virology - organization & administration; Virology Division News; Viruses; Viruses - classification; Viruses - genetics; Viruses - isolation & purification
• ISSN: 0304-8608; 1432-8798; 1432-8798
• DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-3847-1

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/ ).