A summary of taxonomic changes recently approved by ICTV
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Virology Division News Arch Virol 147/8 (2002)
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A summary of taxonomic changes recently approved by ICTV M. A. Mayo Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, U.K.
A number of taxonomic proposals were approved by the Executive Committee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) at its meeting in Houston earlier this year. These are listed in [1]. These proposals have now been approved by a vote of the full ICTV, as required by ICTV Statutes [2]. The resulting changes include the creation of 6 new families and 8 new genera. These are listed below in Tables 1 and 2 respectively. Names of three genera were also changed (Table 3). The other changes are to the lists, and in a few instances the names, of species classified in particular genera. For a listing of these changes, the reader is referred to the detailed listing of the proposals in [1].
Table 1. New virus families Type of host
New families
Genera
Vertebrates
Roniviridae
Okavirus
Plants
Nanoviridae Tymoviridae
Nanovirus. Babuvirus Tymovirus, Marafivirus, Maculavirus
Invertebrates
Nimaviridae Dicistroviridae
Whispovirus Cripavirus
Fungi
Chrysoviridae
Chrysovirus
Table 2. New virus genera New genera
Family
Type species
Okavirus
Roniviridae
Gill-associated virus
Isavirus
Orthomyxoviridae
Infectious salmon anemia virus
Avulavirus Henipavirus
Paramyxoviridae Paramyxoviridae
Newcastle disease virus Hendra virus
Babuvirus
Nanoviridae
Banana bunchy top virus
Maculavirus
Tymoviridae
Grapevine fleck virus
Ampelovirus
Closteroviridae
Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3
Whispovirus
Nimaviridae
White spot syndrome virus 1
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Old name
New name
Caliciviridae
“Norwalk-like viruses” “Sapporo-like viruses”
Norovirus Sapovirus
Bunyaviridae
Bunyavirus
Orthobunyavirus
–
“Cricket Paralysis-like Virus”
Cripavirus
References 1. Mayo MA (2002) Virus Taxonomy – Houston 2002. Arch Virol 147: 1071–1076 2. Van Regenmortel MHV, Fauquet CM, Bishop DHL, Carstens E, Estes M, Lemon S, Maniloff J, Mayo MA, McGeoch D, Pringle CR, Wickner RB (2000) (eds) Virus Taxonomy. Seventh Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Academic Press, New York Author’s address: Dr. M. A. Mayo, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, U.K.; E-mail: [email protected]
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