Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020)
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Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020) Peter J. Walker1 · Stuart G. Siddell2 · Elliot J. Lefkowitz3 · Arcady R. Mushegian4 · Evelien M. Adriaenssens5 · Donald M. Dempsey3 · Bas E. Dutilh6 · Balázs Harrach7 · Robert L. Harrison8 · R. Curtis Hendrickson3 · Sandra Junglen9 · Nick J. Knowles10 · Andrew M. Kropinski11 · Mart Krupovic12 · Jens H. Kuhn13 · Max Nibert14 · Richard J. Orton15 · Luisa Rubino16 · Sead Sabanadzovic17 · Peter Simmonds18 · Donald B. Smith18 · Arvind Varsani19 · Francisco Murilo Zerbini19 · Andrew J. Davison20
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Abstract This article reports the changes to virus classification and taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in March 2020. The entire ICTV was invited to vote on 206 taxonomic proposals approved by the ICTV Executive Committee at its meeting in July 2019, as well as on the proposed revision of the ICTV Statutes. All proposals and the revision of the Statutes were approved by an absolute majority of the ICTV voting membership. Of note, ICTV has approved a proposal that extends the previously established realm Riboviria to encompass nearly all RNA viruses and reverse-transcribing viruses, and approved three separate proposals to establish three realms for viruses with DNA genomes.
Introduction Changes to virus taxonomy (the universal scheme of virus classification of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses [ICTV]) take place annually and are the result of a multi-stage process. In accordance with the ICTV Statutes (http://ictv.global/statutes.asp), proposals submitted to the ICTV Executive Committee (EC) undergo a review process that involves input from the ICTV Study Groups (SGs) and Subcommittees (SCs), other interested virologists, and the EC. After final approval by the EC, proposals are presented for ratification to the full ICTV membership by publication on the ICTV website (http://ictv.global ) followed by an electronic vote. The latest set of proposals approved by the EC was made available on the ICTV website in February 2020 (see https: // ictv.global/proposals-2019/ for all proposals combined into a single zip file, and use the links provided in the References to access individual proposals). A list of proposals was Handling Editor: Tim Skern. * Arcady R. Mushegian [email protected] Extended author information available on the last page of the article
then emailed on February 19, 2020 to the 164 members of the ICTV, namely the EC Members, Life Members, ICTV Subcommittee Members including the SG Chairs, and ICTV National Representatives. Members were then requested to vote on whether to ratify the taxonomic proposals; voting closed on March 21, 2020.
Changes to virus taxonomy and to the Statutes of the International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses All proposals [1–206] were ratified by ICTV members, in
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