Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2023)
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: This article reports changes to virus taxonomy and taxon nomenclature that were approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in April 2023. The entire ICTV membership was invited to vote on 174 taxonomic proposals that had been approved by the ICTV Executive Committee in July 2022, as well as a proposed revision of the ICTV Statutes. All proposals and the revised ICTV Statutes were approved by a majority of the voting membership. Of note, the ICTV continued the process of renaming existing species in accordance with the recently mandated binomial format and included gene transfer agents (GTAs) in the classification framework by classifying them as viriforms. In total, one class, seven orders, 31 families, 214 genera, and 858 species were created.
Source: Archives of Virology
Authors: Francisco Murilo Zerbini, Stuart G. Siddell, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Arcady R. Mushegian, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Poliane Alfenas‑Zerbini, Donald M. Dempsey, Bas E. Dutilh, María Laura García, R. Curtis Hendrickson, Sandra Junglen, Mart Krupovic, Jens H. Kuhn, Amy J. Lambert, Małgorzata Łobocka, Hanna M. Oksanen, David L. Robertson, Luisa Rubino, Sead Sabanadzovic, Peter Simmonds, Donald B. Smith, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Koenraad Van Doorslaer, Anne‑Mieke Vandamme, Arvind Varsani
Institutions: Universidade Federal de Viçosa, University of Bristol, University of Alabama at Birmingham, U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences, Norwich Research Park, Quadram Institute, Utrecht University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Microbiologie Intégrative et Moléculaire, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Helsinki, MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council, Mississippi State University, University of Oxford, Okayama University, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, University of Arizona, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, KU Leuven, Arizona State University
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,390
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Helsingin Yliopisto, Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Microbiology Society, Biocenter Finland, National Institutes of Health, Directorate for Biological Sciences, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State University, Medical Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, H2020 European Research Council
Awards: G145681569, Integrative viral genomics and bioinformatics platform, Modulation of the gut microbes to promote health throughout life, G2613132665, G281949974, G3046823906, G3870339886, Predicting the evolution of complex phage-host interactions, G5377849018, G5472023422, EXC 2051: Balance of the Microverse, G7127658568, Bacterioph00ages for gut health, G80795443, G8288108674, Determinants of microbe-host responses in the gut across life, Virus Taxonomy: A Community Knowledgebase Supporting Virus Research, G917981861
OpenAlex ID: W4380153810