Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024)

Peter Simmonds; Evelien M. Adriaenssens; Elliot J. Lefkowitz; Hanna M. Oksanen; Stuart G. Siddell; Francisco Murilo Zerbini; Poliane Alfenas-Zerbini; Frank O. Aylward; Donald M. Dempsey; Bas E. Dutilh; Juliana Freitas-Astúa; María Laura García; R. Curtis Hendrickson; Holly R. Hughes; Sandra Junglen; Mart Krupovic; Jens H. Kuhn; Amy J. Lambert; Małgorzata Łobocka; Arcady R. Mushegian; Judit Penzes; Alejandro Reyes Muñoz; David L. Robertson; Simon Roux; Luisa Rubino; Sead Sabanadzovic; Donald B. Smith; Nobuhiro Suzuki; Dann Turner; Koenraad Van Doorslaer; Anne Mieke Vandamme; Arvind Varsani

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Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024)

Peter Simmonds, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Hanna M. Oksanen, Stuart G. Siddell, Francisco Murilo Zerbini, Poliane Alfenas-Zerbini, Frank O. Aylward, Donald M. Dempsey, Bas E. Dutilh, Juliana Freitas-Astúa, María Laura García, R. Curtis Hendrickson, Holly R. Hughes, Sandra Junglen, Mart Krupovic, Jens H. Kuhn, Amy J. Lambert, Małgorzata Łobocka, Arcady R. MushegianJudit Penzes, Alejandro Reyes Muñoz, David L. Robertson, Simon Roux, Luisa Rubino, Sead Sabanadzovic, Donald B. Smith, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Dann Turner, Koenraad Van Doorslaer, Anne Mieke Vandamme, Arvind Varsani

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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 2024. The entire ICTV membership was invited to vote on 203 taxonomic proposals that had been approved by the ICTV Executive Committee (EC) in July 2023 at the 55th EC meeting in Jena, Germany, or in the second EC vote in November 2023. All proposals were ratified by online vote. Taxonomic additions include one new phylum (Ambiviricota), one new class, nine new orders, three new suborders, 51 new families, 18 new subfamilies, 820 new genera, and 3547 new species (excluding taxa that have been abolished). Proposals to complete the process of species name replacement to the binomial (genus + species epithet) format were ratified. Currently, a total of 14,690 virus species have been established.

Original language	English
Article number	236
Number of pages	12
Journal	Archives of Virology
Volume	169
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-024-06143-y
Publication status	Published - Nov 2024

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Simmonds, P., Adriaenssens, E. M., Lefkowitz, E. J., Oksanen, H. M., Siddell, S. G., Zerbini, F. M., Alfenas-Zerbini, P., Aylward, F. O., Dempsey, D. M., Dutilh, B. E., Freitas-Astúa, J., García, M. L., Hendrickson, R. C., Hughes, H. R., Junglen, S., Krupovic, M., Kuhn, J. H., Lambert, A. J., Łobocka, M., ... Varsani, A. (2024). Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024). Archives of Virology, 169(11), Article 236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-024-06143-y

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Simmonds, P, Adriaenssens, EM, Lefkowitz, EJ, Oksanen, HM, Siddell, SG, Zerbini, FM, Alfenas-Zerbini, P, Aylward, FO, Dempsey, DM, Dutilh, BE, Freitas-Astúa, J, García, ML, Hendrickson, RC, Hughes, HR, Junglen, S, Krupovic, M, Kuhn, JH, Lambert, AJ, Łobocka, M, Mushegian, AR, Penzes, J, Muñoz, AR, Robertson, DL, Roux, S, Rubino, L, Sabanadzovic, S, Smith, DB, Suzuki, N, Turner, D, Van Doorslaer, K, Vandamme, AM & Varsani, A 2024, 'Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024)', Archives of Virology, vol. 169, no. 11, 236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-024-06143-y

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AU - Oksanen, Hanna M.

AU - Siddell, Stuart G.

AU - Zerbini, Francisco Murilo

AU - Alfenas-Zerbini, Poliane

AU - Aylward, Frank O.

AU - Dempsey, Donald M.

AU - Dutilh, Bas E.

AU - Freitas-Astúa, Juliana

AU - García, María Laura

AU - Hendrickson, R. Curtis

AU - Hughes, Holly R.

AU - Junglen, Sandra

AU - Krupovic, Mart

AU - Kuhn, Jens H.

AU - Lambert, Amy J.

AU - Łobocka, Małgorzata

AU - Mushegian, Arcady R.

AU - Penzes, Judit

AU - Muñoz, Alejandro Reyes

AU - Robertson, David L.

AU - Roux, Simon

AU - Rubino, Luisa

AU - Sabanadzovic, Sead

AU - Smith, Donald B.

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Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024)

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