TY - JOUR
T1 - Additional changes to taxonomy ratified in a special vote by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (October 2018)
AU - Siddell, Stuart G.
AU - Walker, Peter J.
AU - Lefkowitz, Elliot J.
AU - Mushegian, Arcady R.
AU - Adams, Michael J.
AU - Dutilh, Bas E.
AU - Gorbalenya, Alexander E.
AU - Harrach, Balázs
AU - Harrison, Robert L.
AU - Junglen, Sandra
AU - Knowles, Nick J.
AU - Kropinski, Andrew M.
AU - Krupovic, Mart
AU - Kuhn, Jens H.
AU - Nibert, Max
AU - Rubino, Luisa
AU - Sabanadzovic, Sead
AU - Sanfaçon, Hélène
AU - Simmonds, Peter
AU - Varsani, Arvind
AU - Zerbini, Francisco Murilo
AU - Davison, Andrew J.
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Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. A.R.M. is a Program Director at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF); the statements and opinions expressed herein are made in a personal capacity and do not constitute endorsement by NSF or the government of the United States. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the US Department of Health and Human Services or of the institutions and companies affiliated with the authors. This work was supported in part through Battelle Memorial Institute’s prime contract with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under Contract No. HHSN272200700016I (J.H.K.). N.J.K. is partially supported by core funding provided by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK. B.E.D. is supported by Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Vidi grant 864.14.004. B.H. is partially supported by National Research, Development and Innovation Office – NKFIH, NN128309. A.E.G. is partially supported by EU project EVAg 653316 and the Leids Universiteits Fonds. A.J.D. is supported by the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12014/3). S.S. acknowledges partial support from Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES), Mississippi State University.
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PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00705-018-04136-2
DO - 10.1007/s00705-018-04136-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 30663020
AN - SCOPUS:85060439465
SN - 0304-8608
VL - 164
SP - 943
EP - 946
JO - Archives of virology
JF - Archives of virology
IS - 3
ER -