Increasing the number of available ranks in virus taxonomy from five to ten and adopting the Baltimore classes as taxa at the basal rank
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DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-3915-6
Abstract: This opinion article makes a case for increasing the number of ranks used in virus taxonomy from the current five to ten (as are used to classify cellular life forms) and placing the Baltimore classes… read more here.
Keywords: baltimore classes; virus taxonomy; five ten; basal rank ... See more keywords
Changes to virus taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2019)
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DOI: 10.1007/s00705-019-04306-w
Abstract: This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in February 2019. Of note, in addition to seven new virus families, the ICTV has… read more here.
Keywords: taxonomy; virus taxonomy; committee taxonomy; ratified international ... See more keywords
The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks
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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-0709-x
Abstract: Virus taxonomy emerged as a discipline in the middle of the twentieth century. Traditionally, classification by virus taxonomists has been focussed on the grouping of relatively closely related viruses. However, during the past few years,… read more here.
Keywords: taxonomy; taxonomy partitioning; virus taxonomy; new scope ... See more keywords
The genomic underpinnings of eukaryotic virus taxonomy: creating a sequence-based framework for family-level virus classification
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DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0422-7
Abstract: BackgroundThe International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) classifies viruses into families, genera and species and provides a regulated system for their nomenclature that is universally used in virus descriptions. Virus taxonomic assignments have traditionally… read more here.
Keywords: virus taxonomy; family level; virus; family ... See more keywords
Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001922
Abstract: A universal taxonomy of viruses is essential for a comprehensive view of the virus world and for communicating the complicated evolutionary relationships among viruses. However, there are major differences in the conceptualisation and approaches to… read more here.
Keywords: virus taxonomy; establish universal; taxonomy; principles establish ... See more keywords