Recent changes to virus taxonomy ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2022)

• Published in: Archives of virology Vol. 167; no. 11; pp. 2429 - 2440
• Main Authors: Walker, Peter J., Siddell, Stuart G., Lefkowitz, Elliot J., Mushegian, Arcady R., Adriaenssens, Evelien M., Alfenas-Zerbini, Poliane, Dempsey, Donald M., Dutilh, Bas E., García, María Laura, Curtis Hendrickson, R., Junglen, Sandra, Krupovic, Mart, Kuhn, Jens H., Lambert, Amy J., Łobocka, Małgorzata, Oksanen, Hanna M., Orton, Richard J., Robertson, David L., Rubino, Luisa, Sabanadzovic, Sead, Simmonds, Peter, Smith, Donald B., Suzuki, Nobuhiro, Van Doorslaer, Koenraad, Vandamme, Anne-Mieke, Varsani, Arvind, Zerbini, Francisco Murilo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.11.2022; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: annuals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Committee Membership; committees; Infectious Diseases; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology and Parasitology; Names; Proposals; Taxonomy; Virology; Virology Division News; Viruses; Viruses - genetics

This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in March 2022. The entire ICTV was invited to vote on 174 taxonomic proposals approved by the ICTV Executive Committee at its annual meeting in July 2021. All proposa...