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Title: Additional changes to taxonomy and to the international code of virus classification and nomenclature ratified by the international committee on taxonomy of viruses (2018)

Author
item SIDDELL, STUART - University Of Bristol
item WALKER, PETER - University Of Queensland
item LEFKOWITZ, ELLIOT - University Of Alabama
item MUSHEGIAN, ARCADY - National Science Foundation (NSF)
item ADAMS, MICHAEL - International Committee On Taxonomy Of Viruses
item DUTILH, BAS - Utrecht University
item GORBALENYA, ALEXANDER - Leiden University Medical Center
item HARRACH, BALAZS - Hungarian Academy Of Sciences
item Harrison, Robert - Bob
item JUNGLEN, SANDRA - Institute Of Virology
item KNOWLES, NICK - The Pirbright Institute
item KROPINSKI, ANDREW - University Of Guelph
item KRUPOVIC, MART - Institut Pasteur - France
item KUHN, JENS - Nih, National Institutes Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases
item NIBERT, MAX - Harvard Medical School
item RUBINO, LUISA - Istituto Di Protezione Sostenibile Delle Piante
item SABANADZOVIC, SAID - Mississippi State University
item SANFACON, HELENE - Agriculture And Agri-Food Canada
item SIMMONDS, PETER - University Of Oxford
item VARSANI, ARVIND - Arizona State University
item ZERBINI, MURILO - Universidade Federal De Vicosa
item DAVISON, ANDREW - University Of Glasgow

Submitted to: Archives of Virology
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/21/2019
Publication Date: 3/1/2019
Citation: Siddell, S.G., Walker, P.J., Lefkowitz, E.J., Mushegian, A.R., Adams, M.J., Dutilh, B.E., Gorbalenya, A.E., Harrach, B., Harrison, R.L., Junglen, S., Knowles, N.J., Kropinski, A., Krupovic, M., Kuhn, J.H., Nibert, M., Rubino, L., Sabanadzovic, S., Sanfacon, H., Simmonds, P., Varsani, A., Zerbini, M.F., Davison, A.J. 2019. Additional changes to taxonomy and to the international code of virus classification and nomenclature ratified by the international committee on taxonomy of viruses (2018). Archives of Virology. 164: 943-946.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This article lists the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in September 2018. Of note, the ICTV has approved, by an absolute majority, the creation of additional taxonomical ranks above those currently permitted. A total of 15 ranks (realm, subrealm, kingdom, subkingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, subclass, order, suborder, family, subfamily, genus, subgenus, and species) are now available to encompass the entire spectrum of virus diversity. Classification at ranks above genus is not obligatory but can be used by the authors of new taxonomic proposals when scientific justification is provided. Simultaneously, the Executive Committee has approved changes to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature to reflect the availability of these ranks.