Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee

Evelien M Adriaenssens, Matthew B Sullivan, Petar Knezevic, Leonardo J van Zyl, B L Sarkar, Bas E Dutilh, Poliane Alfenas-Zerbini, Małgorzata Łobocka, Yigang Tong, James Rodney Brister, Andrea I Moreno Switt, Jochen Klumpp, Ramy Karam Aziz, Jakub Barylski, Jumpei Uchiyama, Andrew M Kropinski, Nicola K Petty, Martha R J Clokie, Alla I Kushkina, Vera V MorozovaSiobain Duffy, Annika Gillis, Janis Rumnieks, İpek Kurtböke, Nina Chanishvili, Lawrence Goodridge, Johannes Wittmann, Rob Lavigne, Ho Bin Jang, David Prangishvili, Francois Enault, Dann Turner, Minna M Poranen, Hanna M Oksanen, Mart Krupovic

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Abstract

This article is a summary of the activities of the ICTV's Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee for the years 2018 and 2019. Highlights include the creation of a new order, 10 families, 22 subfamilies, 424 genera and 964 species. Some of our concerns about the ICTV's ability to adjust to and incorporate new DNA- and protein-based taxonomic tools are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1253–1260
Number of pages8
JournalArchives of Virology
Volume165
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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