Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)
Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)
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DOI：
10.1007/s00705-021-05156-1
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发表时间：
2021-07-06
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2.7
通讯作者：
Zerbini，Francisco Murilo
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作者：
Walker，Peter J.;Siddell，Stuart G.;Zerbini，Francisco Murilo
本文报道了2021年3月国际病毒分类委员会(ICTV)批准和批准的病毒分类的变化。整个ICTV被邀请就ICTV执行委员会在2020年10月会议上批准的290项分类建议以及拟议的修订《国际病毒分类和命名法》(ICVCN)进行表决。所有提案和修订都得到了ICTV成员的绝对多数批准。值得注意的是，ICTV规定了病毒物种命名的统一规则，该规则将遵循带或不带拉丁化物种称谓的二项式“属-种”格式。要求研究小组将以前建立的所有物种名称转换为新的格式。ICTV还废除了模式物种的概念，即被选为病毒属的命名模式的物种。通过对“病毒”和其他几种类型的移动遗传因素的官方定义，ICTV的职权范围得到了澄清。ICVCN和ICTV章程已经进行了修订，以反映这些变化。
This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in March 2021. The entire ICTV was invited to vote on 290 taxonomic proposals approved by the ICTV Executive Committee at its meeting in October 2020, as well as on the proposed revision of the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature (ICVCN). All proposals and the revision were ratified by an absolute majority of the ICTV members. Of note, ICTV mandated a uniform rule for virus species naming, which will follow the binomial 'genus-species' format with or without Latinized species epithets. The Study Groups are requested to convert all previously established species names to the new format. ICTV has also abolished the notion of a type species, i.e., a species chosen to serve as a name-bearing type of a virus genus. The remit of ICTV has been clarified through an official definition of ‘virus’ and several other types of mobile genetic elements. The ICVCN and ICTV Statutes have been amended to reflect these changes.