Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)

• Published in: Archives of virology Vol. 166; no. 9; pp. 2633 - 2648
• Main Authors: Walker, Peter J., Siddell, Stuart G., Lefkowitz, Elliot J., Mushegian, Arcady R., Adriaenssens, Evelien M., Alfenas-Zerbini, Poliane, Davison, Andrew J., Dempsey, Donald M., Dutilh, Bas E., García, María Laura, Harrach, Balázs, Harrison, Robert L., Hendrickson, R. Curtis, Junglen, Sandra, Knowles, Nick J., Krupovic, Mart, Kuhn, Jens H., Lambert, Amy J., Łobocka, Małgorzata, Nibert, Max L., Oksanen, Hanna M., Orton, Richard J., Robertson, David L., Rubino, Luisa, Sabanadzovic, Sead, Simmonds, Peter, Smith, Donald B., Suzuki, Nobuhiro, Van Dooerslaer, Koenraad, Vandamme, Anne-Mieke, Varsani, Arvind, Zerbini, Francisco Murilo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.09.2021; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Classification; Classification - methods; Infectious Diseases; International Cooperation; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology and Parasitology; Nomenclature; Phylogeny; Species; Taxonomic revision; Taxonomy; Viroids; Viroids - classification; Virology; Virology Division News; Viruses; Viruses - classification; Viruses - genetics; Viruses - isolation & purification; Viruses, Unclassified; Viruses, Unclassified - classification; Viruses, Unclassified - genetics; Viruses, Unclassified - isolation & purification

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 t...