Additional changes to taxonomy ratified in a special vote by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (October 2018)

Stuart G Siddell; Peter J Walker; Elliot J Lefkowitz; Arcady R Mushegian; Michael J Adams; Bas E Dutilh; Alexander E Gorbalenya; Balázs Harrach; Robert L Harrison; Sandra Junglen; Nick J Knowles; Andrew M Kropinski; Mart Krupovic; Jens H Kuhn; Max Nibert; Luisa Rubino; Sead Sabanadzovic; Hélène Sanfaçon; Peter Simmonds; Arvind Varsani; Francisco Murilo Zerbini; Andrew J Davison

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Additional changes to taxonomy ratified in a special vote by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (October 2018)

Stuart G Siddell, Peter J Walker, Elliot J Lefkowitz, Arcady R Mushegian, Michael J Adams, Bas E Dutilh, Alexander E Gorbalenya, Balázs Harrach, Robert L Harrison, Sandra Junglen, Nick J Knowles, Andrew M Kropinski, Mart Krupovic, Jens H Kuhn, Max Nibert, Luisa Rubino, Sead Sabanadzovic, Hélène Sanfaçon, Peter Simmonds, Arvind VarsaniFrancisco Murilo Zerbini, Andrew J Davison

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This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in October 2018. Of note, the ICTV has approved, by an absolute majority, the creation of additional taxonomical ranks above those recognized previously. 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	943-946
Number of pages	4
Journal	Archives of Virology
Volume	164
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-04136-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2019

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Phylogeny
Virology/organization & administration
Viruses/classification

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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. M., Krupovic, M., Kuhn, J. H., Nibert, M., Rubino, L., Sabanadzovic, S., Sanfaçon, H., Simmonds, P., ... Davison, A. J. (2019). Additional changes to taxonomy ratified in a special vote by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (October 2018). Archives of Virology, 164(3), 943-946. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-04136-2

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