Abolishment of morphology-based taxa and change to binomial species names: 2022 taxonomy update of the ICTV bacterial viruses subcommittee
Turner, Dann; Shkoporov, Andrey N; Lood, Cédric; Millard, Andrew D; Dutilh, Bas E; Alfenas-Zerbini, Poliane; van Zyl, Leonardo J; Aziz, Ramy K; Oksanen, Hanna M; Poranen, Minna M; Kropinski, Andrew M; Barylski, Jakub; Brister, J Rodney; Chanisvili, Nina; Edwards, Rob A; Enault, François; Gillis, Annika; Knezevic, Petar; Krupovic, Mart; Kurtböke, Ipek; Kushkina, Alla; Lavigne, Rob; Lehman, Susan; Lobocka, Malgorzata; Moraru, Cristina; Moreno Switt, Andrea; Morozova, Vera; Nakavuma, Jesca; Reyes Muñoz, Alejandro; Rūmnieks, Jānis; Sarkar, B L; Sullivan, Matthew B; Uchiyama, Jumpei; Wittmann, Johannes; Yigang, Tong; Adriaenssens, Evelien M
(2023) Archives of Virology, volume 168, issue 2
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Abstract
This article summarises the activities of the Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses for the period of March 2021-March 2022. We provide an overview of the new taxa proposed in 2021, approved by the Executive Committee, and ratified by vote in 2022. Significant changes to
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the taxonomy of bacterial viruses were introduced: the paraphyletic morphological families Podoviridae, Siphoviridae, and Myoviridae as well as the order Caudovirales were abolished, and a binomial system of nomenclature for species was established. In addition, one order, 22 families, 30 subfamilies, 321 genera, and 862 species were newly created, promoted, or moved.
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Keywords: Humans, Bacteriophages, Viruses/genetics, Caudovirales, Myoviridae, Siphoviridae
ISSN: 0304-8608
Publisher: Springer
Note: Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).
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